Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for egged
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Roughly one hundred Uffizi staffers staged a demonstration in the courtyard of the venerable Florence institution on January 4, protesting an effective layoff of the museum’s casual workers spurred by a change in service managers.—
News Desk, Artforum, 8 Jan. 2026
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Estrada said his experience in caregiving was spurred by his father, whose occasional visits were sometimes accompanied by violence, particularly toward his mother.—
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Her ups and downs were a regular punch line on late-night talk shows, starting with her first appearance on The Tonight Show in 1985, when she was goaded into agreeing to lose 15 lbs.—
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Indeed, that now seems like the least likely, but most optimistic, conclusion—that a group of people who realize they’re being goaded into participation in an algorithmic fun house decide to opt out of a psychologically painful discourse trap altogether.—
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Specifically, McCarthy said she's constantly been prodded about her body.—
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That revelation prodded insurgents in British possessions from Ireland to Sierra Leone to take to the streets to assert their own ambitions for economic and political autonomy over the decades to come.—
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Moore was subsequently fired from his position as head football coach, which prosecutors said prompted him to show up at her home.—
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This has prompted researchers to develop more reliable methods for copying quantum data.—
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While eating at the restaurant with her parents, Black begged for her own tasty drink and the bartender whipped one up, naming it after her.—
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Oversized boards and platters layered with cheeses, charcuterie, fresh produce, whipped butters and compotes serve as both menu and décor, encouraging guests to snack, wander, and eat at their own pace.—
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And LaMelo Ball, coming off one of his best performances of the season, was hounded by foul trouble, collecting his fifth nearly midway through the third quarter and forced to watch from the bench as the Hornets (9-19) dropped into a hole as large as 20 points.—
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Saleh recounted how he had been hounded out of Egypt when on the verge of shooting the first film in the trilogy, The Nile Hotel Incident, which won Sundance’s Grand Jury prize in the World Cinema – Dramatic category in 2017.—
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Other lyrics, like one in which Blow exhorted a girl in brown to stop messin’ around, bore the stamp of the rapper himself.—
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In the old days, children were exhorted to be good because God sees all.—
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Cruz also pressed his Democratic colleagues to join a bipartisan request for the DOJ to turn over the evidentiary basis for the subpoenas, arguing transparency was necessary to assess whether the secrecy orders were justified.—
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Dokoupil pressed Homan, saying most Americans, having seen videos of ICE in action, would question Homan's claims.—
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“Egged.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/egged. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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