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Work requirements, then, become both a punitive element and a goad toward “personal responsibility,” a term that appears in Project 2025’s chapter on Medicaid.

Tyson had refused to engage with Paul's goading for much of fight week, but slapped his opponent across the face, prompting security and team members to rush in to separate the fighters.

Paul tried to goad Tyson by asking him about comments made in a documentary where the former champion described himself as "natural born killer".

The beef continued at the Source magazine awards on 3 August 1995, when Knight goaded Combs and Bad Boy Records from the stage.

As they goad each other, they act pettily and childishly but is also great fun to watch the superb actors go toe-to-toe.