provoker

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Noun
  • As always, let the prompter beware.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 3 Apr. 2026
  • To keep that rhythm, the prompter has to talk over the other actor’s lines.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 18 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Rwanda frames its role as defensive measures to protect its territory from Hutu rebels responsible for the 1994 genocide in Rwanda.
    ABC News, ABC News, 24 Apr. 2026
  • The series emphasizes hope and the power of collective action, providing a nuanced look at both the rebels and the individuals within the Empire, ultimately highlighting the enduring relevance of its themes of oppression and resistance in today’s world.
    Brande Victorian, HollywoodReporter, 23 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • The book looked at the world of Bad Bridgets, a swath of Irish women emigrants that were deemed troublemakers, noting that for a time Irish women outnumbered Irish men in prison.
    Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 26 Mar. 2026
  • When troublemaker Arlene moves in across the street to live with her father, Maria falls helplessly under her corrupting influence.
    Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 17 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • But Fuqua’s Hannibal is recognizably Black—an African insurgent taking on a European empire.
    Kelefa Sanneh, New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2026
  • That year, Ukraine elected a Western-leaning government, preceding Russia’s seizure of the Crimean Peninsula and arming of insurgent groups to occupy parts of the industrialised east of the country.
    Colin Millar, New York Times, 12 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • The Associated Press reported that Algerian authorities rejected a Vatican request for Leo to visit Médéa to pray at the Tibhirine monastery, the place where seven French Trappist monks were kidnapped and killed May 21, 1996, by Islamic extremists during the country’s civil war.
    Paul Tilsley, FOXNews.com, 12 Apr. 2026
  • The country is also plagued by fighting involving Boko Haram militants in the north, as the Islamic extremist group’s insurgency in neighboring Nigeria has spilled over into Cameroon.
    ABC News, ABC News, 9 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Adding Bahrain back into the fold could salvage a sizable chunk of those losses, with the promoter fee for the race estimated to be more than $50 million, according to the note.
    Justin Birnbaum, Sportico.com, 23 Apr. 2026
  • Don’t look now, but Live Nation is shedding its low-margin promoter roots and emerging as a dominant venue owner/operator that increasingly commands the kind of premium valuation multiple its scale, control and economics justify.
    Justin Zacks, CNBC, 23 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Trump started his second presidency by pardoning the insurrectionists who’d wanted to unlawfully extend his first.
    Tom Nichols, The Atlantic, 23 Feb. 2026
  • People's Liberation Army troops under Mao's control either ignored the violence or offered support to the insurrectionists while the country descended into lawlessness and retribution.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 22 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • 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
  • Backers of historic cuts in property taxes for Florida homeowners call those kinds of predictions alarmist and say a drop in tax revenue will force local governments to cut back on high salaries, excessive hiring and frivolous spending.
    Douglas Hanks March 13, Miami Herald, 13 Mar. 2026
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“Provoker.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/provoker. Accessed 26 Apr. 2026.

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