agitator
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One possible approach is buying the stock when the agitator is first making noise and then selling if the target company finally gives in to an activist’s demands.
From Barron's • Feb. 25, 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
Solomon: Jim Hightower said it's the agitator that gets the dirt out in the washing machine.
From Salon • May 27, 2025
Ross was typical of the effective, street agitator.
From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright
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