prodder

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Noun
  • When the clip ended, Goldberg addressed a prior issue with the show's prompter.
    Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 25 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Alcalá has pleaded guilty to collaborating with Colombia’s FARC rebels.
    Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 2 Oct. 2025
  • The rebels also cited the need to take out the massive scam operations as justification for their offensive – which analysts say China likely greenlit.
    Helen Regan, CNN Money, 30 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Sometimes there’s a kid who is labeled a ‘troublemaker’ who just needs to be heard.
    Walter Villa, Miami Herald, 2 Oct. 2025
  • That shouldn’t be a problem, as Taylor would never be mistaken for a troublemaker.
    Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 12 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Jahmai Jones’ two-run single in the top of the fifth proved the difference, punching Detroit’s ticket to the playoffs and ensuring the Tigers would go into Game 162 with a chance to claw back the AL Central title from the insurgent Cleveland Guardians on the final day of the regular season.
    Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 27 Sep. 2025
  • Labels matter Security analysts say the situation in Haiti continues to defy clear international legal characterization and the choice of labels – crisis, armed conflict, gangs, terrorist groups, armed groups, criminal groups, insurgents – carries significant legal and humanitarian implications.
    Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 26 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Together, O’Neill and Alicia navigate a rabbit hole of deranged folk singers, psychotic cops, boxing promoters, line dancing enthusiasts, and worst of all, podcasters, the truth blurs, bodies stack, and the nature of their search comes into question.
    Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 3 Oct. 2025
  • American baseball promoters were quick to see the potential of the Japanese market, touring the country as early as 1908.
    Jared Bahir Browsh, The Conversation, 2 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Nor did Trump mention that attacks by right-wing extremists are more frequent and deadly.
    Laura Yuen, Mercury News, 24 Sep. 2025
  • In Bangladesh, the demise of Hasina’s regime has emboldened religious extremists.
    Kapil Komireddi, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Eide and other proponents of expanding hospitalization believe the administration could do even more.
    Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Money, 30 Sep. 2025
  • Closure of the bike path to undertake this project has drawn opposition from cycling proponents and West Sacramento Mayor Martha Guerrero.
    Ishani Desai, Sacbee.com, 28 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The 1960 Cal Poly team was inducted into the school’s athletic Hall of Fame in 2006, the same year a memorial was created next to the football stadium that has 18 copper pillars, one for each Cal Poly player, the student manager and the booster.
    Joe Davidson, Sacbee.com, 5 Oct. 2025
  • Currently, the company’s heavy-lift launch vehicle, New Glenn, is still preparing for its second launch; the craft has also not yet achieved a successful booster landing.
    Senior Reporter, PC Magazine, 3 Oct. 2025
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“Prodder.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prodder. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.

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