provoker

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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
  • Mahamat Idriss Déby, 42, seized power in Chad after his father, Idriss Déby, was killed fighting rebels in 2021, before winning elections in 2024.
    Farai Mutsaka, Los Angeles Times, 18 June 2026
  • The group has been responsible for current President Faustin-Archange Touadéra’s security and for fighting rebel groups.
    ABC News, ABC News, 16 June 2026
Noun
  • Sirianni hesitates for a moment, like the school troublemaker on the verge of another unpleasant trip to the principal’s office.
    Michael Silver, New York Times, 16 June 2026
  • Jodie Whittaker, who portrays Daniel's troublemaker sister Lizzy, has a family of her own off-screen.
    Jordana Comiter, PEOPLE, 10 June 2026
Noun
  • In 2022, French forces departed Mali as insurgents made incursions into the capital, Bamako.
    Kaitlyn Rabe, The Conversation, 16 June 2026
  • But now the onetime insurgent sits atop a sprawling establishment.
    Jesse Bedayn, Chicago Tribune, 16 June 2026
Noun
  • More recently, the Department of Justice charged the Southern Poverty Law Center — a civil rights nonprofit accused by Republicans of targeting conservatives in its work tracking extremists — with defrauding donors through payments to informants.
    James Pollard, Los Angeles Times, 15 June 2026
  • Also on Wednesday, FBI Director Kash Patel warned that the World Cup matches could be targets for extremists.
    ABC News, ABC News, 11 June 2026
Noun
  • Birmingham police confirmed the individual who rented the backyard over the weekend was a promoter.
    Joseph Buczek, CBS News, 18 June 2026
  • As his promoter Hearn confirmed to The Athletic last week, Joshua’s contract states the bout must take place in the UK.
    Chris McKenna, New York Times, 17 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
  • The title struck some readers as alarmist.
    Joseph Andrew, Forbes.com, 19 June 2026
  • But the film received criticism in the aftermath of its release, with some naysayers accusing it of being alarmist or exaggerated.
    Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 16 June 2026
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“Provoker.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/provoker. Accessed 21 Jun. 2026.

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