provocation
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At the rapidly expanding AI on the Lot conference in Culver City, the “Taxi Driver” scripter mixed provocation and unease as he contemplated Hollywood’s future.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 2, 2026
Disillusioned by painting around 1913, Duchamp employed these objects to shift art from optical pleasure to conceptual provocation.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 30, 2026
China, they said, still wanted to keep communications open with Washington, and avoid unnecessary provocation - a markedly different approach to Russia's.
From BBC • May 18, 2026
Patel swiftly developed a talent for online provocation that would generate lots of clicks and comments, albeit from some of the saddest or weirdest people in the country.
From Salon • Apr. 24, 2026
His pugnacious tone indicated that they were not about to laugh at Xenophilius, despite the clear provocation.
From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling
Vocabulary lists containing provocation
"Letter from Birmingham Jail" by Martin Luther King, Jr.
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