Goad
Goad verb - To try to persuade (someone) through earnest appeals to follow a course of action.
Race
Race verb - To engage in a contest.
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- The Evil Empire created a race of Genius Bruiser Super Soldiers capable of excelling in every field of warfare... and then drove them into battle in poorly-armed waves with men with whips to goad them on.
Source: Discworld / Unseen Academicals -
The Knights of the Old Republic comics have a Proud Warrior Race Guy example: Rohlan Dyre joins the main characters' group believing that the mandalorians are using unusually underhanded ways to goad the Galactic Republic into a fight.
Source: Defector from Decadence
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