Words similar to urged

Example sentences for: urged

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It urged the department to become a lead agency in driving a national counterterrorism strategy forward, to "champion a national effort to take up the gauntlet that international terrorists have thrown at our feet."
Clarke urged Berger to ask his colleagues.
Wolf, whose $15,000 per month retainer was just cut to $5,000, urged Gore to condemn President Clinton for his sexual foibles and to become an "alpha male."
The New York Times leads with an anonymously sourced report that Secretary of State Madeleine Albright has urged President Clinton to compromise with the GOP on abortion in order to repay U.N. dues, and she has volunteered to take the flack from pro-choice groups.
It urged people to "use this opportunity to recommit ourselves to a united city and isolate all those who have different and sinister intentions."