instigator

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

From BBC ● May 7, 2026

It’s not clear who was the instigator when, several months ago, Amanda Ponce got into an altercation with a fellow resident at a Boyle Heights homeless housing site.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 14, 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

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

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

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

We spread ourselves out, made our presence known to the main instigators.

From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover