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On the show, she’s brought frank, provocative discussions about race and privilege to the often shallow waters of reality TV.

A New York priest who let popstar Sabrina Carpenter film provocative scenes for a music video inside his church has been accused of mismanagement and stripped of his duties.

From BBC

I’m hard-pressed to think of a single novel, provocative, brash, daring, or entertaining thing that Harris said during the last seven weeks of the campaign.

From Salon

They found him intellectually engaging, admired his provocative curiosity and became his friends.

From Salon

Yet a pair of recent studies about comb jellies raise provocative questions about Descartes’ maxim.

From Salon

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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