prodders

plural of prodder

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for prodders
Noun
  • Anti-gun and anti-ICE radicals are breaking laws and quite literally leaving their mark on New York City.
    — Kelsie Cairns , Bradford Betz, FOXNews.com, 28 Oct. 2026
  • Two common types of plastic — polyethylene and polypropylene, used widely to make food containers, packaging, milk jugs and bottle caps — produced the most hydroxyl radicals detected by the researchers.
    — Michael Hawthorne, Chicago Tribune, 22 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • Struck by the negative representations of Arabs in the media, Odeh was appointed regional director of the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee, whose East Coast offices had been targeted by extremists in 1985.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 30 Oct. 2026
  • In Nice, far-right extremists fought with demonstrators downtown and 11 people were arrested, regional authorities said.
    — Thomas Adamson, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • Polling averages put Democratic insurgents narrowly ahead or virtually tied with GOP rivals in all the states.
    — Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 2 Nov. 2026
  • Will the Democrats have to contend with left-wing insurgents like Republicans did the Tea Party?
    — Brian Steinberg, Variety, 29 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • The most recent, Vietnam, was won by the communist rebels, and that country is stable today.
    — Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 27 Oct. 2026
  • In December 2024, Syrian rebels streamed into Damascus in a surprise attack that toppled President Bashar al-Assad and put an end to more than 13 bloody years of civil war.
    — Emily Feng, Washington Post, 26 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • Loners lashing out America has had genuine subversives and left-wing terror networks in the past.
    — Michelle Goldberg, Mercury News, 27 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Getting this particular group of troublemakers together began with Rossum embarking on a retro viewing project several summers back.
    — Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 27 Oct. 2026
  • Netanyahu in the past has attributed the violence to a small number of troublemakers.
    — Reuters, NBC news, 18 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • Thomas Hobbes took a very dim view of rebels and insurrectionists.
    — Austin Sarat, Fortune, 24 May 2026
  • The recipients will almost surely be insurrectionists and other allies.
    — Jonathan Chait, The Atlantic, 19 May 2026
Noun
  • The live-music ecosystem is largely controlled by a small number of powerful promoters, namely Live Nation and AEG.
    — Maribeth Romslo, Rolling Stone, 1 Nov. 2026
  • This wasn’t an unusual sight for the South Pasadena concert hall from bookers and promoters Sid the Cat.
    — Mikey O'Connell, HollywoodReporter, 30 Oct. 2026
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“Prodders.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prodders. Accessed 4 Nov. 2026.

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