provoker

Definition of provokernext

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Noun
  • Today, while a prompter interacts directly with the separate query, an architect is a multi-responsible person.
    Taras Tymoshchuk, Forbes.com, 28 May 2026
  • As always, let the prompter beware.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 3 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Accompanying the violence, both the Naxals and the security forces – including local militia raised to combat the rebels – have been accused of horrific human rights abuses, including abductions, torture and rape.
    Dhruv Tikekar, CNN Money, 30 May 2026
  • The rebels have reported two cases.
    Jean-Yves Kamale, Los Angeles Times, 29 May 2026
Noun
  • Meanwhile, younger brother Sam begins to suspect that Michael's new friends are not merely troublemakers, but vampires.
    Dave Quinn, PEOPLE, 27 Apr. 2026
  • Retaliation can include being assigned to a station far from home, passed up for promotions or labeled a troublemaker.
    Alene Tchekmedyian, Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • In recent weeks, the race for Los Angeles mayor has been dominated by reality star Spencer Pratt, who, following an expectation-exceeding debate performance, has risen in the polls with an insurgent campaign specializing in producing or promoting brash and direct online videos.
    Ted Johnson, Deadline, 2 June 2026
  • Traders on prediction market platform Kalshi think the incumbent Mayor Karen Bass and insurgent former reality TV star Spencer Pratt are most likely to advance to the second round.
    Davis Giangiulio, CNBC, 2 June 2026
Noun
  • And when Khomeini broke that promise, my father was one of the first to stand up to him and the extremists who hijacked that revolution.
    Letters to the Editor, Washington Post, 2 June 2026
  • Republicans have sought to cast him as an effete extremist.
    Aidan McLaughlin, Vanity Fair, 29 May 2026
Noun
  • Concert promoters, meanwhile, see it as filling an important gap in Southern California’s music venue market.
    Clay Marshall, Los Angeles Times, 4 June 2026
  • Quality Content Influencers aren’t merely promoters but content machines.
    Wyles Daniel June 4, Idaho Statesman, 4 June 2026
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
Noun
  • Gaspar took the unusual step of naming the teachers publicly, a move that Sanchez’s supporters call alarmist.
    Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 3 May 2026
  • The longer the fighting and shipping disruptions last, the worse and more worrisome the cumulative impact becomes, and the more plausible the initial alarmist views about $200 crude oil and stagflation begin to seem.
    Michael Santoli, CNBC, 30 Mar. 2026
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“Provoker.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/provoker. Accessed 9 Jun. 2026.

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