provoke
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Suddenly more robust, the Parisians agreed to join the street fight until they could provoke a mistake.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 30, 2026
Such moves could provoke concerns that Nvidia doesn’t see opportunities to reinvest in its own business.
From Barron's • May 21, 2026
Rising bond yields look poised to provoke more of the volatility that investors saw on Friday and Monday.
From MarketWatch • May 18, 2026
They show countries like Iran in an idealised way to "provoke thought and discussion about political and cultural evolution", they said.
From BBC • May 15, 2026
I’d given more information than necessary in my unwilling honesty, and I worried it would provoke the strange anger that flared whenever I slipped and revealed too clearly how obsessed I was.
From "Twilight" by Stephenie Meyer
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