Verb (used with object) : The rider spurred his mount ruthlessly. Appreciation spurs ambition. From Dictionary.com.
Verb (used without object) : We spurred onward through the night. From Dictionary.com.
The designation spurred many insurance brokers to boost premiums for ship owners seeking coverage for a transit. From Wordnik.com. [Piracy Grips Gulf of Aden] Reference
"To the Lord of all the Mountains," she answered, with a smile that was sweet yet very sad; and without another word spurred on her horse. From Wordnik.com. [The Brethren] Reference
Call spurred his horse, and bent low as she raced. From Wordnik.com. [Dead Man’s Walk] Reference
Toyota Motor Corp. 's incentives to counter global recalls spurred rivals to match the offers. From Wordnik.com. [BusinessWeek.com --] Reference
The recall spurred nearly 1,000 lawsuits digging into the company's sales and operating results. From Wordnik.com. [Jacksonville Business News - Local Jacksonville News | Jacksonville Business Journal] Reference
They see both Infosys 'and TCS' revenues growing around 6% in constant currency terms spurred by volumes. From Wordnik.com. [Daily News & Analysis] Reference
The name spurred him on. From Wordnik.com. [Spread ArtCulture: Jeff Bark Photographs Lucifer Falls - A Beautiful Place to Die] Reference
O'BRIEN: So that kind of spurred you on to your -- to do what you did?. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Feb 8, 2003] Reference
But the U.N. (ph) kind of spurred an initiative to kind of put a label on foods possibly like a nutrition label. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jun 13, 2008] Reference
Q The gross domestic product was up 3.8 percent, but analysts caution that it's kind of spurred by credit card spending during Christmas. From Wordnik.com. [Press Briefing By Dee Dee Myers] Reference
The word spurred her. From Wordnik.com. [Saturday's Child] Reference
Lem, I meant "spurred" - typo. From Wordnik.com. [At the Mauve Café.] Reference
"That kind of spurred us to get going on it," he said. From Wordnik.com. [El Dorado Times Homepage RSS] Reference
"When the legislation was talked about being filed, it kind of spurred both of us on to doing it," Graf said. From Wordnik.com. [North Adams Transcript Most Viewed] Reference
At 70, he is spurred by a "sense of time running out.". From Wordnik.com. [Avedon] Reference
And what spurred you to take his story and make it into a film?. From Wordnik.com. [Taking The Wraps Off The War] Reference
The residency workload, which spurred a lawsuit last month, is especially brutal for surgeons. From Wordnik.com. [Surgery: Not Cutting It] Reference
The move, intended to save billions of dollars, has already spurred private-sector investments. From Wordnik.com. [The Recession Is Over] Reference
His plan has spurred speculation that other septuagenarian leaders might also refuse to step down. From Wordnik.com. [Turning The Page] Reference
Competition spurred columns -- gossip, nightlife -- what DiMaggio did off-hours was news, now, too. From Wordnik.com. [The Dimaggio Nobody Knew] Reference
In South Africa, programs like rural electrification have been both popular and spurred economic growth. From Wordnik.com. [A BIG VOTE FOR COLD SHOWERS] Reference
None of these events spurred a major energy tax, and global warming would ultimately demand a bigger tax. From Wordnik.com. [Don't Hold Your Breath] Reference
They were once the wealthiest family in Europe, and their influence is said to have spurred the Italian Renaissance. From Wordnik.com. [Murder Among Medicis] Reference
Between 1945 and 1998 the number of farms slid from 5.9 million to 2.1 million, as mechanization spurred consolidation. From Wordnik.com. [Surviving The Guillotine] Reference
There is wide agreement that walking upright, on two feet, was the fateful change that spurred the evolution of humans. From Wordnik.com. [Out Of Africa, A Missing Link] Reference
The fear that the relationship with the world's biggest economy might one day fray has spurred even more hand-wringing. From Wordnik.com. [An Island, Lost At Sea] Reference
The loss of 6.5 million jobs since December 2007 has spurred the sharpest rise in the unemployment rate since the 1930s. From Wordnik.com. [The Recession Is Over] Reference
But the peace process -- spurred on by unrelenting pressure from London, Washington and Dublin -- has trundled on nonetheless. From Wordnik.com. [More Blood For Ireland] Reference
Gays in the Military: National debate, spurred by a Clinton campaign promise, forced partial acceptance of gays in the forces. From Wordnik.com. [Breaking Bad Habits] Reference
The frustration of finding the marked places filled by nondisabled drivers has spurred me to continue my battle against abusers. From Wordnik.com. [You're In My Spot] Reference
It spurred the other victors to offer a generous peace to the devastated Germans and Japanese, fastening them to the Western camp. From Wordnik.com. [Americans Go To War] Reference
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