prodder

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Noun
  • When the clip ended, Goldberg addressed a prior issue with the show's prompter.
    Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 25 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Hegseth likened the Colombian rebel group to the al Qaeda terror group founded by Usama bin Laden in Afghanistan.
    Greg Norman , Stephen Sorace, FOXNews.com, 22 Oct. 2025
  • The Romans were masters at using rewards and punishment to manage foreign states, from grants of citizenship to massacres of rebels.
    Barry Strauss, Time, 21 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Malala Yousafzai is a bit of a troublemaker.
    Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 21 Oct. 2025
  • Mindy Kaling once called me a Loki, like a bit of a troublemaker.
    Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 17 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The best challenger brands think like cultural insurgents.
    Erik Huberman, Rolling Stone, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Islamist insurgents have since May attacked Malian and foreign-owned businesses, including cement factories, sugar factories, and mines.
    Preeti Jha, semafor.com, 10 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • While Fury announced his retirement last January, promoter Frank Warren hinted at a Fury comeback with the British fighter hoping to complete a trilogy against the undefeated champion.
    Antonio Losada, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Oct. 2025
  • In the article, Roufus criticized promoters who were focused on profits and lacked the experience to safely sponsor fights.
    Cleo Krejci, jsonline.com, 18 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Extremist or hate group recruitment Alarmingly, violent extremists are taking advantage of open platforms like Discord, using it as a recruiting ground for vulnerable and unsuspecting users.
    Alex Vance, Parents, 21 Oct. 2025
  • The extremists are insulting you every single day.
    Jordan King, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • This was a momentous development for child-care proponents such as myself, who have long argued that wide-reaching free programs are crucial for parents and for a healthy democracy.
    Elliot Haspel, The Atlantic, 28 Oct. 2025
  • That’s because the gains at the top are largely predicated on a speculative artificial intelligence stock market boom that even some AI proponents say could quickly fizzle — and potentially take the US economy down with it.
    Allison Morrow, CNN Money, 28 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • However, if future studies confirm these effects in humans, cardamom extract or 1,8-cineole might be developed as a natural immune booster to help prevent viral infections, or a supportive therapy alongside vaccines or antiviral drugs.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 25 Oct. 2025
  • For example, one recent mission launched the 10,000th Starlink satellite to orbit, and another was the record-breaking 31st flight of the Falcon 9 booster known as 1067.
    Mike Wall, Space.com, 25 Oct. 2025
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“Prodder.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prodder. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.

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