instigator

"He's the instigator of it all. He started it all and we finished it."

From BBC ● May 7, 2026

According to their coach, Romain Haguenauer, this change of music was the result of behind-the-scenes manipulation -- the instigator allegedly an American judge, a compatriot of Chock and Bates.

From Barron's ● Feb. 10, 2026

"It potentially acts as an instigator of early Alzheimer's pathology."

From Science Daily ● Dec. 22, 2025

But whether it is an unexpected jump in claims costs or lower premiums that are the instigator, the upshot is that auto-insurance underwriting might now be past its peak profitability.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 8, 2025

I grinned, not sorry to be the instigator of our new look.

From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo

Loyalist commanders estimate there were half-a-dozen coup instigators and perhaps 40 eager co-conspirators.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 12, 2026

Intervention by the governor and community mediation efforts restored a fragile peace to the area, but the instigators of the violence remain at large.

From Barron's ● Feb. 26, 2026

Because the companies are folding to these baseless accusations, the instigators of these hunts have become emboldened, he said.

From BBC ● Jan. 11, 2025

School officials also have “spoken to Los Angeles County Dist. Atty. George Gascón,” he said, “to solicit his help in ensuring that the instigators will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.”

From Los Angeles Times ● May 6, 2024

In 2012, several further studies corroborated these initial findings, strengthening the links between these variants of mental illness and family histories and deepening questions about their etiology, epidemiology, triggers, and instigators.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee