provocateur

Philips is one of India's best-known - and most polarising - doctors online: admired by supporters as a fearless champion of evidence-based medicine, reviled by critics as an attention-seeking provocateur.

From BBC ● Jun. 28, 2026

An opinion poll last week showed One Nation, for decades a fringe group led by provocateur Pauline Hanson, had become the country's most popular party.

From Barron's ● Jun. 5, 2026

Duchamp’s Readymades, serially reproduced, appear throughout MoMA’s retrospective—the first in the U.S. since 1973—which works strenuously to dispel any suspicion that he was a one-trick provocateur.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 30, 2026

Reed, who died at his home in New York Tuesday at 87, was a provocateur, a bomb thrower.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 12, 2026

With him, the composer as agent provocateur had arrived.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall

It also said the flotilla was serving "professional provocateurs".

From Barron's ● May 1, 2026

Tucker Carlson, the former Fox News host turned popular right-wing podcaster, recently announced he is teaming up with Skyhorse Publishing to release books by a familiar cast of provocateurs.

From Salon ● Apr. 18, 2026

There were no reports of violence or disorder, contrary to Fico's warnings this week that provocateurs would encourage demonstrators to attack public buildings, causing a police reaction leading to bigger protests.

From BBC ● Jan. 24, 2025

Colleges have cited property damage, outside provocateurs, antisemitic expressions or just failures to heed warnings as reasons to clear encampments and arrest students.

From New York Times ● Apr. 28, 2024

Their role was to act as agents provocateurs, and they would attempt to push us around, take our food, and inhibit any political discussions we tried to have.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela