instigator
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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
When asked by Bloomberg TV about reporting that he was an instigator in the probe, Pulte said the Justice Department and its investigation into Powell is outside of his purview.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 13, 2026
"It potentially acts as an instigator of early Alzheimer's pathology."
From Science Daily ● Dec. 22, 2025
Fahima Khatun was the instigator of England's middle-order wobble with 3-16, leading an admirable bowling and fielding performance after their batters had similarly struggled.
From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2025
But the reader, with no agent in sight, has no way to visualize the event being moved forward by its instigator.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
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
Claire Chase, who has been one of the most influential instigators of the Pauline Oliveros revival, was this year’s Ojai Festival energizer bunny.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 10, 2025
Melinda was supposedly one of the chief instigators of that court case.
From BBC ● Feb. 16, 2024
Astonishingly, one of the main instigators was Mikhail Gorbachev.
From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau
