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- noun Plural form of
urge . - verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
urge .
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Examples
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The label urges anyone who comes in contact with the gas "to seek assistance as soon as possible."
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The sailors, still ice-bound, threaten mutiny, and are calmed only when Frankenstein urges them on (III: Walton: 17), but two days later Walton agrees to return to England.
Plot Summary 2010
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Tyler Perry opens up to Oprah about abuse, molestation ... bAlec Baldwin urges YOU to not donate to public radio (wink wink) and fights for the right to marry "Modern Family's" Jesse Tyler Ferguson:
Michael Lohan says he's done talking about Lindsay; Alec Baldwin speaks out for gay marriage Liz Kelly 2010
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CNN Political Ticker: All politics, all the time Blog Archive - Palin urges restraint at town hall meetings « - Blogs from CNN. com
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No major news: he expresses condolences for yesterday's dead, and again urges his followers "to not to give in to violence and continue non-violence resistance."
Iran Election Live-Blogging (Sunday June 21) The Huffington Post News Team 2009
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As a world economy, late imperial China's influence indeed extended into East Asia and Southeast Asia, which again urges us to think of Yunnan in a broad context.
Between Winds and Clouds: The Making of Yunnan (Second Century BCE to Twentieth Century CE) 2008
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With the familiar urges from the crowd for the Rangers to shoot the puck on the power play growing louder as the seconds ticked away on Adam Hall's tripping penalty, Gomez let the puck go as he feet straddled the left circle by the goal line.
USATODAY.com 2007
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The second term urges the Maoists to call off the strike and find an outlet holding talks with the government.
News 2010
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Marin urges mercy, arguing that Souleymane’s not bad, he’s just reached his limits academically.
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The likelihood of this obsession being driven by sublimated homosexual urges is tragic, but bit’s oblivious certainty makes it comic as well.
Think Progress » Gays Are More Dangerous Than Guns In Florida 2010
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