provocative

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Some sports media types believe SI is largely a nostalgia play in a landscape where young fans go elsewhere for game highlights and turn to provocative hosts such as Pat McAfee on YouTube.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 5, 2026

There’s a difference between making something provocative and outright, intentional provocation.

From Salon • Apr. 3, 2026

Heavily metaphoric and less intimately provocative than the French writer-director’s previous movies, “Alpha” is a domestic drama that may not necessarily be set at the end of the world.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026

Franz Rosenzweig started his most provocative work of philosophy in the trenches of World War I.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 6, 2026

“Excuse me,” Farmer replied, “but why do you qualify my talk as provocative? I just said we should treat sick people, if we have the technology.”

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French