provocateur
Example Sentences
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And, of course, radio jokester and provocateur Stern.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2026
By God, let’s go with indie provocateur Gregg Araki’s conception of him: Robert Redford, a titan who hatched an independent film festival from his head like he was Zeus and passed away this September.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 25, 2026
Reckzeh had been set up as a spy and agent provocateur by the Gestapo: Thadden had been fooled by his elaborately constructed cover story.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 19, 2025
Fuentes famously spent years harassing Kirk and his Turning Point staff at similar college campus events before Kirk banned the provocateur.
From Salon • Oct. 29, 2025
Some provocateur was behind it all, and the children could hardly be blamed—at least, not entirely.
From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood
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