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English word

urge

B2Frequent NGSL-2
UK /ɜːdʒ/US /ɜːrdʒ/
verb

to advise or try hard to persuade somebody to do something

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Sentence 45 · Pro
BTS' Speech at the United Nations | Speak Yourself (2018)
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We have learned to love ourselves, so now I urge you to speak yourself.

BTS' Speech at the United Nations

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Dear young future leaders, I urge you to speak out and act.

Ban Ki-moon's Harvard Kennedy School Graduation Address (2023)Sentence 146 · Pro

But my time at Babson taught me to embrace change rather than run from it, and I urge all of you to do the same.

Akio Toyoda at Babson's Centennial Commencement (2019)Sentence 72 · Pro

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