agitator

Example Sentences

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In a statement on X, Omar said: "I'm ok. I'm a survivor so this small agitator isn't going to intimidate me from doing my work. I don't let bullies win."

From BBC • Jan. 27, 2026

“To ensure the safety of the officers, the agitator and the public, the agitator was removed from his vehicle and detained,” said spokeswoman Tricia McLaughlin.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 27, 2026

Within hours, Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Protection officials released a familiar statement: an agent, they said, had acted in lawful self-defense against an armed and violent agitator.

From Slate • Jan. 25, 2026

Notorious far-right agitator Tommy Robinson and misogynist influencer Andrew Tate, who faces court cases in Britain and Romania, hail from the town, where about a third of residents are Muslim.

From Barron's • Dec. 28, 2025

Then my father smiled and winked at the crowd as if it were a huge joke that the agitator should be calling my father names while my father was right there behind him.

From "Homesick" by Jean Fritz