If I do not act immediately, she will repeat her complaint about the trespassers, trying to goad me into action.

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Kelly suggested Adam's account was a ploy to goad him into testifying.

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Schering has decided to press ahead even before the law is changed to treat buy-backs more favourably, hoping to goad legislators into action.

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"He told his ministers to goad the villagers into speaking out, " says a civil servant.

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But the risk is that it will take an economic crisis to goad the government into action.

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SEPA's efforts to goad reluctant officials into action.

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One possible explanation is that professional investors are selling stocks to goad the Fed into rate cuts, since Bernanke specifically identified weakness in the financial markets -- assuming he meant equities more than commodities -- as a threat to economic growth.

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What is extraordinary about the Declaration is that its principles goad us and guide us into realizing its ideals.

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