Both Uses
goad
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Lonesome Dove
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- It didn't surprise Augustus, since Bol had worked for them all those years without saying a word to anybody unless directly goaded into it—usually by Augustus.†
Chpt 40-41 *goaded = provoked or prodded
- Augustus had forgotten how fond she was of goading him.†
Chpt 87-88goading = provoking or prodding
Definitions:
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(1)
(goad) to provoke or annoy someone into doing something—often something unwise
or:
to prod an animal to move, or the stick used to do so - (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)