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agitator

[aj-i-tey-ter] / ˈædʒ ɪˌteɪ tər /


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"I'm a survivor so this small agitator isn't going to intimidate me from doing my work," she wrote.

From Barron's Jan. 28, 2026

In a statement on X, Omar said: "I'm ok. I'm a survivor so this small agitator isn't going to intimidate me from doing my work. I don't let bullies win."

From BBC Jan. 27, 2026

Ilya Ehrenburg, the Soviet writer and propagandist who was considered in Germany to be an inflammatory agitator, emerges in a more nuanced light.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 24, 2025

Dan Timmer, who drove down that morning from Iowa City, where he was visiting family, joked he was coming in from the big city to be an agitator.

From Slate Oct. 22, 2025

Once an agitator gathered a crowd around him in front of the Y.M.C.A. building.

From "Homesick" by Jean Fritz




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