prodder

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Noun
  • Its members include Lebanon's Hezbollah, the Islamic Resistance in Iraq and Yemen's Houthi rebels.
    Kim Hjelmgaard, USA Today, 14 Apr. 2025
  • The new campaign of airstrikes started after the rebels threatened to resume targeting Israeli ships over Israel’s blocking of aid entering the Gaza Strip.
    Jon Gambrell, Los Angeles Times, 14 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Sure enough, the red-haired renegade formerly known as Sin Rostro played another troublemaker on the ABC procedural.
    Andy Swift, TVLine, 10 Apr. 2025
  • North was 6 when he was cast as the smiling troublemaker in the CBS sitcom adaptation of Hank Ketcham's popular comic strip that took place in an idyllic American suburb.
    CBS News, CBS News, 6 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • His unit was in western Iraq, at a time of fierce fighting against insurgent forces and car bombs.
    Quil Lawrence, NPR, 4 Apr. 2025
  • But when the streets ominously clear out and their sniper is spotted, they're forced to engage in a fierce battle with al-Qaeda insurgents.
    EW.com, EW.com, 1 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Dice is excited to provide a safe space for artists and promoters to host events without the inherent exclusivity of a DIY space, where venue addresses often are left off of flyers as a protective measure.
    Steven Donofrio, Los Angeles Times, 4 Apr. 2025
  • Encourage advocacy: Happy customers are the best promoters of a brand.
    Deboshree Sarkar, Forbes.com, 3 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • However, proponents believe navel pulling can offer all these benefits and enhance overall vitality.2 Much of this practice is rooted in Ayurveda, an alternative approach to medicine that has existed for thousands of years.
    Sherri Gordon, Health, 26 Mar. 2025
  • Musk and other autonomous vehicle proponents have pushed for simpler rules and exemptions to restrictions on vehicles that don’t have human controls.
    Bloomberg, The Mercury News, 25 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Fans and boosters were not prepared to have the program’s most enchanted March Madness in more than two decades overshadowed by a coach making his career power play.
    Childs Walker, Baltimore Sun, 28 Mar. 2025
  • What was unique about this mission was its use of a Falcon 9 first stage booster that flew to space just nine days prior with a NASA astronomy satellite.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 28 Mar. 2025
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“Prodder.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prodder. Accessed 21 Apr. 2025.

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