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Example sentences for: prod

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But there was a greater prod to Southern memory: defeat.
The networks and most stations refused to sell Seagram air time because they feared liquor ads would prod Congress into investigating the proliferation of beer ads on television.
When Hadley circulated a memorandum attempting to prod the deputies to reach agreement, McLaughlin sent it back with a handwritten comment on the cost-sharing:"we question whether it is advisable to make such an investment before the decision is taken on flying an armed Predator."
At first, Zionist organizations used the holiday as an excuse to prod individuals to donate coins to the cause.
Census Bureau, Poverty in the United States: 1998, http://www.census.gov/prod/99pubs/p60-207.pdf