provocation
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“It’s a little bit of a provocation in that sense because we don’t know anything about AI. AI is still developing. It’s still evolving. We just met AI, whatever it is.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026
A painter who early on shifted into conceptual provocation with his ‘Readymades’—including, infamously, a urinal—the French artist gets his first retrospective in the U.S. in more than 50 years.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 30, 2026
That said, a few words readily available would help connect the dots without undermining the provocation.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 2026
There was no sign of violence when at least 100,000 Hungarians attended an anti-Fidesz concert in Heroes' Square on Friday night, and Magyar warned people "not to fall for any kind of provocation".
From BBC • Apr. 11, 2026
At the least provocation, she would burst out crying, lose her temper, or threaten to end up in Bellevue, the place, she had learned, where crazy people were sent in this country.
From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez
Vocabulary lists containing provocation
"Letter from Birmingham Jail" by Martin Luther King, Jr.
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