provoker

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Noun
  • When the clip ended, Goldberg addressed a prior issue with the show's prompter.
    Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 25 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • In Syria, rebels overthrew Assad last year, Israeli strikes killed Hezbollah and Hamas’ top leaders, while Iraqi militant groups faded into the background.
    Jason Ma, Fortune, 12 Oct. 2025
  • In Valentin's case, his love for Molina, and in Cassian's, his love for adoptive mother, Maarva (Fiona Shaw), girlfriend Bix (Adria Arjona), and the other rebels with whom he's aligned himself.
    Maureen Lee Lenker, Entertainment Weekly, 11 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Sometimes there’s a kid who is labeled a ‘troublemaker’ who just needs to be heard.
    Walter Villa, Miami Herald, 2 Oct. 2025
  • That shouldn’t be a problem, as Taylor would never be mistaken for a troublemaker.
    Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 12 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Like the Industrial Revolution-era insurgents, the new Luddites are not anti-technology but anti-exploitation, the tech journalist Brian Merchant tells me.
    Allison Morrow, CNN Money, 8 Oct. 2025
  • After two cycles in which pro-Israel groups spent heavily against left-wing candidates, insurgent Democrats believe the mood has changed.
    David Weigel, semafor.com, 7 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • India has long accused Canada – home to one of the largest Sikh populations outside India – of harboring Sikh extremists.
    Rhea Mogul, CNN Money, 7 Oct. 2025
  • No Nigerian officials will willingly, deliberately indulge in the act of siding with violent extremists to target any particular religion in this country.
    Paul Tilsley, FOXNews.com, 7 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Then, that night, Turki Al-Sheikh, a Saudi Arabian government official and sports promoter, posted on social-media platform X that United were close to being sold.
    Dan Sheldon, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2025
  • Swift said of the music mogul and promoter who helps the NFL select the Super Bowl act in recent seasons.
    Dominick Mastrangelo, The Hill, 7 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • But, first, one of the January 6th insurrectionists, emboldened by his pardon from the President, is now campaigning for reparations.
    Charles Bethea, New Yorker, 24 Sep. 2025
  • Kinzinger goes on to say that when the insurrectionist is one of their own, the rules are different.
    Tom Jurkowsky, Baltimore Sun, 11 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Of course, writing critically about AI without sounding alarmist is difficult.
    Book Marks October 2, Literary Hub, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Some of the advice here about kidnapping is a little extreme so don’t go down that alarmist route.
    Virginia Chamlee, PEOPLE, 1 Oct. 2025
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“Provoker.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/provoker. Accessed 13 Oct. 2025.

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