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Example sentences for: spurred

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The Serb crackdown spurred the first organized Albanian opposition.
Spurred on by Gore's rushed schedule for the testing program, even EPA officials admit they are not able to develop a scientifically defensible testing strategy.
Spurred, oddly enough, by a Fed rate hike--it used to be programmatic that stock prices fell when the Fed raised rates--the Dow reached 11,000 for the first time in months and the Nasdaq set new record after new record.
Apparently, concerns about just this kind of situation spurred Congress to pass the Sherman Antitrust Act back in the 1890s.
Spurred by this revelation, an Israeli journalist and historian named Tom Segev took up the cause, arguing that the document is stolen property and belongs rightfully to Eichmann's heirs.