prodder

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Noun
  • As always, let the prompter beware.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 3 Apr. 2026
  • To keep that rhythm, the prompter has to talk over the other actor’s lines.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 18 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Mali was struck late last month by one of the biggest coordinated attacks on its army in Bamako and several other cities by jihadis and rebels who seized several towns and military bases.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 4 May 2026
  • The rebels were fully aware of these other colonies and sought to include them.
    Daniel Immerwahr, New Yorker, 4 May 2026
Noun
  • Meanwhile, younger brother Sam begins to suspect that Michael's new friends are not merely troublemakers, but vampires.
    Dave Quinn, PEOPLE, 27 Apr. 2026
  • Retaliation can include being assigned to a station far from home, passed up for promotions or labeled a troublemaker.
    Alene Tchekmedyian, Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Many advanced states understand the need for some kind of violent reaction to terrorists or insurgents, usually as a task for special-operations forces.
    Eliot A. Cohen, The Atlantic, 11 May 2026
  • Both political insurgents were elected under extraordinary circumstances.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 10 May 2026
Noun
  • Those business partners were doing that hard piece of convincing managers, agents, and promoters to take the risk — and the promoters finally agreed.
    Devon Ivie, Vulture, 7 May 2026
  • Boxing tempts him, the business world motivates him and his role as a promoter excites him.
    Jorge Ebro May 6, Miami Herald, 6 May 2026
Noun
  • He was succeeded by his son, Mojtaba Khamenei, who is considered more of an ideological extremist than his father.
    Michael Collins, USA Today, 8 May 2026
  • Her prank of lying in wait for each of her housemates, bombarding them with a Super Soaker, and then enlisting them in her eco-army of Seussian extremists was just pure wonderful delight.
    Brian Moylan, Vulture, 6 May 2026
Noun
  • The entrenchment of those supply chains may have been underestimated by proponents of nearshoring and onshoring, while the impacts of higher tariffs may have been overestimated.
    Kate Nishimura, Footwear News, 7 May 2026
  • Despite that distinct lack of a firm commitment to raising new revenues, proponents of finding new revenue sources to replace federal healthcare cuts cheered the Assembly proposal and described it as aligned with the Senate.
    Andrew Graham May 7, Sacbee.com, 7 May 2026
Noun
  • The first-stage booster is making its sixth trip to space and will attempt a recovery landing at Landing Zone 40 adjacent the launch pad.
    Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 12 May 2026
  • Sometimes athletes and schools are partnered with the same brand, which can raise booster-like concerns that NIL is being used for enrollment purposes.
    Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 11 May 2026
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“Prodder.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prodder. Accessed 14 May. 2026.

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