goaded

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I worry that WP and others have essentially been goaded into misfiring.

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compelled forcibly by an outside agency; "mobs goaded by blind hatred"

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adjective

compelled forcibly by an outside agency; "mobs goaded by blind hatred"

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Core meanings and parts of speech for goaded.

adjective

compelled forcibly by an outside agency; "mobs goaded by blind hatred"

Example sentences

I worry that WP and others have essentially been goaded into misfiring.

"...whom Kerouac goaded to résumé writing..." cf "...whom Kerouac goaded to resume writing..."

If you look at all the links on this thread to the moral panic various cops have been goaded into spewing, it's not like they aren't doing their part to make Apple's point.

The victim here was not "murdered in cold blood", and the policeperson who shot him by accident was not the same one who'd goaded him into committing the crime.

"I mean seriously, if you tell me that the CIA goaded Oswald into doing it, then had Oswald killed, that is something I'd consider plausible.

Indeed - I wish more companies were goaded into doing interesting, exciting things in reaction to scathing biographies.

People are usually goaded into paying for Windows/Office and antivirus software, not exactly rewarding.

In fact the C-levels are often directly approached and goaded into silently and secretly cooperating.

What the elder brother was doing out of the country for 6 months, through what channels he became radicalized, whether they were co-conspirators or the younger was just along for the ride, did they act alone or were they funded/goaded on by extremest groups, etc.