provocateur
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Mungiu’s prickly, nonjudgmental studies of human behavior have sometimes led him to be branded as a provocateur.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026
Media provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos has been detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement for allegedly overstaying his visa, according to the Department of Homeland Security.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
The self-styled provocateur has called himself the "most fabulous supervillain on the internet".
From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026
Danish filmmaker Nicolas Winding Refn is willfully and delightfully unpredictable: part showman, part provocateur.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026
With him, the composer as agent provocateur had arrived.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
She alleged there were provocateurs among the protesters, smashing up stores and banks, to discredit the demonstrations.
From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026
It also said the flotilla was serving "professional provocateurs".
From Barron's ● May 1, 2026
So do Internet provocateurs, represented here by Ann Coulter, pretty much playing herself and proving that it isn’t an act.
From Salon ● Oct. 22, 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
The government also infiltrated spies and agents provocateurs into the organization.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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