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Example sentences for: spur

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Some have even suggested that Jackson's strong language was intended to spur just an agreement, although one might have thought a more balanced opinion would have had a better effect in that direction.
As a spur to improvements in the system, given the slow pace of top-down efforts at reform, it seems worth trying out in different ways, but it shouldn't be considered a cure-all, especially for the worst-off schools.
She did it not on the spur of the moment; she did it over a considerable period of time.
The three papers leading with 209 all make it clear that the decision will probably spur 209-style laws in many states.
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