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• n  a verbalization that encourages you to attempt something
• n  any sharply pointed projection
• n  tubular extension at the base of the corolla in some flowers
• n  a sharp prod fixed to a rider's heel and used to urge a horse onward
  cowboys know not to squat with their spurs on
• n  a railway line connected to a trunk line
• v  incite or stimulate
  The Academy was formed to spur research
• v  give heart or courage to
• v  strike with a spur
• v  goad with spurs
  the rider spurred his horse
• v  equip with spurs
  spur horses

• It will also include incentives for corporate investment and tax breaks to spur small-business purchases of new equipment.
• After floating debris and oils ignited in 1969, the public outcry over this burning river in Ohio helped spur the Clean Water Act and the creation of the Environmental Protection .
• Pavlenko said Ukraine was grateful for the singer's charity work and expressed hope that his desire to adopt Lev would spur the domestic adoption of more children with health .

• goad
• goading
• prod
• prodding
• urging
• spurring
• spine
• acantha
• gad
• branch line
• spur track

News & Articles

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• Cuomo proposes to make SUNY campuses tax-free
  Will it spur new businesses or leave out already-established employers out in the cold? Those were some of the questions a surrogate of Governor Cuomo answered at Broome Community College Tuesday as she pitched Cuomo's Tax-Free New York proposal. The bill would establish 64 SUNY campuses as tax-free zones for businesses that create new jobs. Deputy Secretary of State Dierdre Scozzafava says a ...
  June 12, 2013 - FOX 40 Binghamton
• Japan Power Industry Bill Gets First Nod to Break Up Monopolies
  The first phase of a proposal to revamp Japan’s 16 trillion yen ($166 billion) electricity industry and spur competitition by making utilities split power generation and distribution passed a lower house committee.
  June 12, 2013 - Bloomberg
• Brownfield Areas Designated to Spur Development
  In a move designed to spur economic development, city commissioners have approved the designation of more than 800 acres as brownfield areas.
  June 10, 2013 - The Lakeland Ledger

Quotes

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• President Bush in Xinhua
  We expect they will use it to boost consumer spending and that will spur job creation as well,Bush said in Friday's statement.
• Ben Bernanke in The Age
  One option is for the Fed to buy "longer-term Treasury or agency securities on the open market in substantial quantities," Bernanke said. "This approach might influence the yields on these securities, thus helping to spur aggregate demand."
• Barack Obama in KHON2
  To regenerate a severed spinal cord and lift someone from a wheelchair. to spur insulin production and spare a child from a lifetime of needles,said President Obama.