agents provocateurs

noun

plural of agent provocateur
as in radicals

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  1. radicals
  2. insurgents
  3. rebels
  4. extremists
  5. troublemakers
  6. insurrectionists
  7. subversives
  8. promoters
Noun
  • The light generates highly reactive chlorine radicals that activate carbon atoms along the polymer chains without destroying them.
    — Muskan Bhatia, Interesting Engineering, 5 Nov. 2026
  • Candidates backed by the Democratic Socialists of America, along with the left wing organization’s leaders, have been willing to engage with its anchors even as Fox News opinion hosts paint them as dangerous radicals.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2026
Definition of radicals
Noun
  • Polling averages put Democratic insurgents narrowly ahead or virtually tied with GOP rivals in all the states.
    — Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 2 Nov. 2026
  • Will the Democrats have to contend with left-wing insurgents like Republicans did the Tea Party?
    — Brian Steinberg, Variety, 29 Oct. 2026
Definition of insurgents
Noun
  • The rebels made a lightning advance capturing much of Yemen's Red Sea coast and strategic islands in the Bab el-Mandeb Strait.
    — AHMED HATEM, Arkansas Online, 8 Nov. 2026
  • Ethiopia’s Foreign Ministry rejected similar Sudanese accusations in a May 5 statement, calling them baseless, and accused Sudan of supporting rebels in its northern Tigray region.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 4 Nov. 2026
Definition of rebels
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  • Struck by the negative representations of Arabs in the media, Odeh was appointed regional director of the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee, whose East Coast offices had been targeted by extremists in 1985.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 30 Oct. 2026
  • In Nice, far-right extremists fought with demonstrators downtown and 11 people were arrested, regional authorities said.
    — Thomas Adamson, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2026
Definition of extremists
Noun
  • Getting this particular group of troublemakers together began with Rossum embarking on a retro viewing project several summers back.
    — Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 27 Oct. 2026
  • Netanyahu in the past has attributed the violence to a small number of troublemakers.
    — Reuters, NBC news, 18 Oct. 2026
Definition of troublemakers
Noun
  • Thomas Hobbes took a very dim view of rebels and insurrectionists.
    — Austin Sarat, Fortune, 24 May 2026
  • The recipients will almost surely be insurrectionists and other allies.
    — Jonathan Chait, The Atlantic, 19 May 2026
Definition of insurrectionists
Noun
  • Loners lashing out America has had genuine subversives and left-wing terror networks in the past.
    — Michelle Goldberg, Mercury News, 27 Sep. 2025
Definition of subversives
Noun
  • Sheeran has said his promoters made the decision, according to the BBC.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 8 Nov. 2026
  • Sheeran argued that the decision to remove Macklemore as an opener, backed by the venues and promoters, came down to not wanting to disappoint fans or impact the other people working on the tour by cancelling.
    — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 6 Nov. 2026
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