Spurring in a sentence

After a decade in which rates have sat near zero, giving savers little reason to shift their balances to competitors, the jump in Britain’s policy rate to 4 per cent is spurring competition not seen in years.

But if they are too heavy handed with the protesters, they know they risk spurring further unrest.

But it also strangely enhanced Kapadia here – creatively at least – spurring him on to look more closely at the body and its gestures, closing in on the dancers’ pulsating fleshin a way no stage production could ever pull off.

But perhaps his biggest contribution in the field was spurring on the brother who had once lived in his shadow, when the Conservative leadership was up for grabs.

By slashing energy needs, neuromorphic tech could create more powerful mobile devices that operate independently of the cloud in remote areas, spurring better search-and-rescue robots and smarter self-navigating rovers in the realms of deep space.

If you listened to Difficulty’s predecessor outlining his vision, he ticked the right boxes as far as managing debt and spurring growth is concerned.

In the past, council had adopted the practice of only approving three-year extensions as a way of spurring development but with inadequate servicing available, staff now supports the five-year extension.

It provides a framework of rules and disciplines to ensure regulatory consistency, creating a conducive environment that is key to ensuring the confidence of the business sector, and spurring further economic growth.

Kamaunu, 61, and other tenants staged a demonstration and made headlines, spurring the county to step in and purchase.

Minister Azevedo emphasized the role energy will play in meeting Angola’s development goals while addressing the importance of regional partnerships in spurring investment and promoting exploration and new discoveries.

Much like U.S. President Joe Biden, Lula dreams of spurring a manufacturing renaissance.

Russia decided this year to declare Sept 3 - the day after Japan's surrender in World War Two - a "Day of Victory over Militaristic Japan", spurring a protest from Tokyo.

Spurring this growth is a traditional patriarchal culture in which women’s identity is constrained by the social expectation they bear children.

Thanks to a £500 donation from Dalgety Bay company Russell's Landscapes, the total raised reached a huge £1,140, spurring Logan on to continue fundraising and help Faith meet her wish of going to Disneyland.

The document, “Praise God,” was released on the feast of St. Francis of Assisi, the pontiff’s nature-loving namesake, and was aimed at spurring negotiators to commit to binding climate targets at the next round of U.N. talks in Dubai.

This comes nearly a year after OpenAI's ChatGPT caught the imagination of businesses and users around the world, spurring a surge in adoption of generative AI technology.

While visiting Denmark, Leah suffers a mysterious seizure, spurring Maja – who fears that their whirlwind romance is about to be cut short – to pack up and follow Leah back to her home in London.

A view of a flooded street in a residential area after Saddle River crested and spilled into the streets of Lodi, New Jersey, causing flooding in some homes and spurring people to evacuate in some cases on January 10, 2024.

But his goals, spurring the Gers to three consecutive titles, helped heal some of the wounds his prior Celtic stint had created.

But if fear, on some level, helps us survive – spurring us to run away from a lion or a crazy guy with a chainsaw – it also helps us turn bogus information into a very real problem.