provocative
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Most provocative are the thousands of small seismic tremors that emanated from the area of the slide in the days prior to the mountainside collapsing.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 19, 2026
It added it had seen "reports of fewer provocative and hateful comments" from many social media users.
From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026
True to his provocative reputation, he recently trolled an OpenAI executive on social media after she accidentally plugged Meta’s new app in a television appearance.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026
“It’s a provocative and humorous way of making a point, right? Which often the best communication does.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026
If anything, they encouraged Alice Paul and her allies to stage more provocative protests that attracted larger crowds and led to more arrests.
From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling
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