instigator
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According to their coach, Romain Haguenauer, this change of music was the result of behind-the-scenes manipulation -- the instigator allegedly an American judge, a compatriot of Chock and Bates.
From Barron's ● Feb. 10, 2026
He is desperate not to be the instigator, or author, of another blast of extraordinary turbulence in British politics.
From BBC ● Feb. 9, 2026
"It potentially acts as an instigator of early Alzheimer's pathology."
From Science Daily ● Dec. 22, 2025
Banjo and string player Matt Worley was “Saving Grace’s” musical instigator, approaching Plant at a pub.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 20, 2025
Terryl also felt that Kathie was accusing her of being an instigator.
From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel
Loyalist commanders estimate there were half-a-dozen coup instigators and perhaps 40 eager co-conspirators.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 12, 2026
Intervention by the governor and community mediation efforts restored a fragile peace to the area, but the instigators of the violence remain at large.
From Barron's ● Feb. 26, 2026
Claire Chase, who has been one of the most influential instigators of the Pauline Oliveros revival, was this year’s Ojai Festival energizer bunny.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 10, 2025
Because the companies are folding to these baseless accusations, the instigators of these hunts have become emboldened, he said.
From BBC ● Jan. 11, 2025
In 2012, several further studies corroborated these initial findings, strengthening the links between these variants of mental illness and family histories and deepening questions about their etiology, epidemiology, triggers, and instigators.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
