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  • noun Plural form of prodding.

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Examples

  • Since 911 I have never, not once, been permitted to fly without being singled out for intensive and intrusive searches, proddings, friskings, and general public indignities.

    The Volokh Conspiracy » Affirmative Action and Racial Profiling Revisited 2010

  • The NCI has also ignored proddings from Congress and independent scientific experts to develop a comprehensive registry of carcinogens.

    Samuel S. Epstein: Regulation of Carcinogens Is Four Decades Overdue 2010

  • Writing is sort of like giving birth -- rewarding, but scary and draining -- I don't do it until the proddings of my nature make it inevitable.

    RTD and I continue to be sort of writing soulmates rabid1st 2008

  • Since 911 I have never, not once, been permitted to fly without being singled out for intensive and intrusive searches, proddings, friskings, and general public indignities.

    The Volokh Conspiracy » Affirmative Action and Racial Profiling Revisited 2010

  • Ever since my incredible longevity had become known back on Earth, I'd been subjected to endless examinations, proddings, and probings, the extraction of various and sundry specimens, the harvesting of my organs, the minute examination of my genetic code, and the dissection of my psyche.

    New Race Joe Sullivan 2010

  • The NCI has also ignored proddings from Congress and independent scientific experts to develop a comprehensive registry of carcinogens.

    Samuel S. Epstein: Regulation of Carcinogens Is Four Decades Overdue 2010

  • What horrible disease do you have requiring monthly proddings from your medico?

    Cheeseburger Gothic » The Weigh In. 2009

  • And with Dr. Gowanlee, as usual, Bingham did not feel as if he was speaking, only offering responses to the state-appointed doctor's proddings, except once, when Bingham misheard him.

    Free Time 2008

  • After several proddings, Miller -- a straight-A student in Edmond, Okla., where she attends high school -- described the Olympics as "nice."

    Flying High Now 2008

  • And with Dr. Gowanlee, as usual, Bingham did not feel as if he was speaking, only offering responses to the state-appointed doctor's proddings, except once, when Bingham misheard him.

    Free Time 2008

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