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Noun
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Dokoupil thought he was next headed to a story about former VP nominee Tim Walz, but the lineup in the prompter had another idea — as did the graphics prompt, evidently.—
Tony Maglio,
HollywoodReporter,
6 Jan. 2026 -
When the clip ended, Goldberg addressed a prior issue with the show's prompter.—
Joey Nolfi,
Entertainment Weekly,
25 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The London punk rebels seized the revolutionary spirit of 1977 with their raw manifesto The Clash, then refined their sound with the flawed Give ‘Em Enough Rope.—
Rob Sheffield,
Rolling Stone,
9 Nov. 2025
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Meanwhile, over in Britain, a vibrant antiwar movement brought on motion after motion in Parliament to cease fire and end all offensive operations against the rebels.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
7 Nov. 2025
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His older brother, Leonard Kibrick, had played the main troublemaker in the series, giving Spanky (George McFarland), Alfalfa (Carl Switzer), Buckwheat (Billie Thomas) and Darla (Darla Hood) a hard time, before Bond replaced him in 1936.—
Mike Barnes,
HollywoodReporter,
6 Jan. 2026
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Before Jackson's diagnosis more than a decade ago, Ferguson said, her son wasn't a troublemaker.—
Sarah Jane Tribble,
NPR,
22 Dec. 2025
Noun
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While many are now driven primarily by economic interests, a subset retains insurgent, ant-imperialist commitments.—
Rebecca Hanson,
The Conversation,
6 Jan. 2026
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That could mean tightening sanctions on remaining power brokers, expanding strikes against security installations and militias, covertly supporting insurgent factions, and using Maduro’s prospective trial as a global stage on which to delegitimize Chavismo once and for all.—
Robert Muggah,
Fortune,
5 Jan. 2026
Noun
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In Africa, extremists exploit ungoverned water scarcity to recruit and control populations.—
Ian Bremmer,
Time,
6 Jan. 2026
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The Council on American-Islamic Relations, a civil-rights group, has designated Tuberville as an anti-Muslim extremist based on past statements.—
Safiyah Riddle,
Fortune,
2 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Dead drummer Mickey Hart said at one point legendary concert promoter Bill Graham vented to him about the lack of catchy songs.—
Adam Levine,
CNN Money,
11 Jan. 2026
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Mike Luba, promoter at Forest Hills Stadium and a member of the mayor’s inauguration committee, pitched in that maximum as well, as did the Partnership for New York City, whose leader, Kathy Wylde, has been a key ally for the mayor in the business community.—
Josephine Stratman,
New York Daily News,
9 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Reports began to filter in that insurrectionists, some of whom were believed to be armed and on a mission to kill, had breached the Capitol.—
Zach Fisch,
The Atlantic,
6 Jan. 2026
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The guns stay on store shelves, insurrectionists get pardoned, and pundits keep telling leftists to stop talking about trans rights.—
Kathryn VanArendonk,
Vulture,
10 Nov. 2025
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Amodei does have plenty of critics in Silicon Valley who call him an AI alarmist.—
Nichole Marks,
CBS News,
17 Nov. 2025
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Some parents call his rhetoric alarmist, and other researchers argue that his evidence isn’t strong enough to draw social media as the correlation behind the youth mental health epidemic.—
Rachel Hale,
USA Today,
16 Oct. 2025
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“Provoker.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/provoker. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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