provocateur
Example Sentences
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The label, called Tucker Carlson Books, is launching with a slate of tomes by high-profile authors, many of whom are controversial, including actor and comedian Russell Brand and media provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 2026
In concert, she’s powerful, hardly a princess of perfection but gorgeously garish, a fun and funny powerhouse provocateur, dripping in costumes, onstage audience members and sweat.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 19, 2026
In the early days of Monday Night Football, Howard Cosell, the original sports media provocateur, often griped about former NFL players leaving the field and walking into the booth.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 6, 2025
The reporter in question, under fire from an irate supervisor, describes himself on Twitter as the “White House correspondent” for right-wing provocateur Tim Pool’s podcast.
From Slate • Oct. 10, 2025
With him, the composer as agent provocateur had arrived.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
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