prodder

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Noun
  • Ooh, rendezvous with the hot rebel in the forest! 50.
    Emma Specter, Vogue, 21 Mar. 2025
  • Aiding the princess is a band of rebels led by the dashing Jonathan (Tony winner Andrew Burnap).
    Patrick Gomez, EW.com, 21 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Zack as the troublemaker and Cody as the rules-follower made for a great comedic foil, and the combination made stars out of Dylan and Cole Sprouse.
    Skyler Trepel, EW.com, 18 Mar. 2025
  • Farthing will play Edward Smith, a troublemaker and long-time friend of Henry’s.
    Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 13 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Warfare plots, in real time, a surveillance mission in Ramadi gone awry when nearby Al Qaeda insurgents detonate a series of IEDs outside a housing building which the team has taken over.
    Gregory Nussen, Deadline, 28 Mar. 2025
  • The sniper gun is peering through an eight-inch-wide hole blasted into the wall, and the insurgents, having figured out that the Americans are in there, toss a grenade through the hole.
    Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 28 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Flea, Heartbreakers keyboardist Benmont Tench The concert was the latest in this format presented by veteran promoter and Knitting Factory founder Michael Dorf, who has staged 20 of them since 2006’s inaugural Joni Mitchell tribute.
    Caryn Rose, Variety, 27 Mar. 2025
  • Jackson, 58, said in a statement shared by promoters.
    Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 20 Mar. 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 4 Apr. 2025.

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