instigating

Example Sentences

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Supporters say Balen was echoing public anger over the protester deaths, not instigating it.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 4, 2026

The two countries have blamed each other for instigating the fresh fighting, which has spread to nearly every province along their border.

From Barron's • Dec. 25, 2025

This portrayal of protesters as routinely instigating violence or rioting was also misleading.

From Salon • Nov. 14, 2025

The Syrian government has said it has deployed security forces to Druze areas to combat "outlaw groups" which it has accused of instigating the clashes.

From BBC • May 2, 2025

I was looking for other words for inciting and instigating work, and came upon “to egg on.”

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas