If Google talks too tough, Samsung might be spurred to go it alone sooner rather than later.
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Many yearn for conditions that are so troubled that central banks and governments will be spurred to ease more.
In most industries the lumbering, unresponsive incumbent gets wiped out by the nimble newcomer, or at least is spurred to improve its ways.
The threat to their domestic dominance has encouraged their managers to hone their skills, exposed them to best international practice and spurred them to seek growth abroad to compensate for lost market share at home.
My father's death in 2008 and my turning 50 last year spurred me to do more.
Events like these spurred businesses to urgently consider disaster recovery and business continuity planning.
Meera Syal was spurred on to become a dementia friend after a relative developed the condition.
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The experience also spurred him to brush up on his language skills before the Iraq trip.
The growing popularity of the internet has spurred it to capitalise on the patent.
Last summer's severe thunderstorms, which flooded their finished basement and required repairs, spurred them to get started.
The industrial age spurred people to be passionate, creative, brilliant, and more productive and wealth-producing than ever before.
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And that has spurred Ayala to get even better at what it does.
I'd only recently spurred myself to leave him, when tragedy tossed us right back into our warm but stagnant relationship.
This Anglican (and crown) privilege so infuriated dissenting Christians that it spurred them to form countervailing networks across state boundaries.
She has spurred us to keep pace with the needs and aspirations of our clients by deepening our expertise and industry knowledge.
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It was actually a job rejection from a pest control company that spurred him to launch the team that evolved into Vivint.
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The agony she suffered was in part what spurred her to leave the Somali desert community she had grown up in, and escape to London.
Narendra's broader ambitions spurred him to seek opportunities for Renuka overseas.
Thomas Pasqualini, a 50-year-old supply-chain official at Solo Cup, says an executive physical at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in 2006 spurred him to fix his unhealthy lifestyle.
In a 2011 research project conducted by CX application vendor RightNow, 89% of consumers said that yes, a bad experience has spurred them to switch brands.
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" It added that Mr. Daisey "has illuminated how our actions affect people half-a-world away and, in doing so, has spurred action to address a troubling situation.
The 47-year-old said he had been spurred on to make the trip by the memory of his son, Haroon, after being invited by the UK charity Human Appeal.
Their reputed heart benefits and other nutritional credentials are nice perks, but their nuanced flavors and rugged textures have spurred chefs to experiment with these ingredients in earnest.
Maryland is a small state and if lower gas prices spurred people to drive longer distances for their vacations, Marylanders might end up buying more in Pennsylvania or Virginia.
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He has helped create a spirit of belonging, which has spurred staff to work long and hard and be loyal (average length of service among senior executives: 27 years).
The big rise in hospital errors and infections has spurred Medicare to reconsider how it pays for services, potentially refusing to pay for procedures ordered as a result of medical error.
But the team also found that for children in grades 3 through 5 the active video games also spurred them to move enough to meet the recommended intensity criteria for vigorous activity.
So, when he heard Dave deBronkart, aka e-Patient Dave, at a TED talk in April, it spurred him to take control of his health, by gathering his far-flung medical records into one digital file.
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