as in to provoke
to rouse to strong feeling or action
the dynamic speaker fired up the audience as no one had previously done
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The defense also claimed that the two men Kemp shot at provoked the shooting by stealing Kemp’s truck, his cellphone and memorabilia in Seattle.—
Dave Smith,
Fortune,
24 Aug. 2025 -
The work had been set to appear in Sherald’s solo exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery; on learning that the museum wished to remove the painting from the show to avoid provoking Trump, the artist canceled the exhibition.—
News Desk,
Artforum,
22 Aug. 2025
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Mark Armstrong: Traveling to a stunningly remote location encourages you to look inward.—
Jim Clash,
Forbes.com,
30 Aug. 2025
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Nikola’s children leave the country to find work in Germany — this new rural-to-urban migration encourages emigration outright.—
Christian Blauvelt,
IndieWire,
29 Aug. 2025
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The breaths stimulate your vagus nerve, which flips on the opposite response: the aptly named rest and digest—which regulates both brain and gut.—
Erica Sloan,
SELF,
27 Aug. 2025
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Red-light therapy devices for hair growth are some of the most promising noninvasive tools for targeting hair loss, with research showing that wavelengths around 650 nanometers can stimulate follicles, increase blood flow, and energize scalp cells.—
Malia Griggs,
Glamour,
25 Aug. 2025
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“Fire (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fire%20%28up%29. Accessed 2 Sep. 2025.
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