provocateur
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The self-styled provocateur has called himself the "most fabulous supervillain on the internet".
From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026
Danish filmmaker Nicolas Winding Refn is willfully and delightfully unpredictable: part showman, part provocateur.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026
He was not a provocateur like Jack Johnson, Louis’s only predecessor as a black American heavyweight champion.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 18, 2026
This constant bickering only leads to an inescapable level of discourse that serves the false perception of Fennell as the raging provocateur she is not.
From Salon ● Feb. 23, 2026
Some provocateur was behind it all, and the children could hardly be blamed—at least, not entirely.
From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood
Police said they had detained hundreds of people in connection with last week's march on parliament, including 65 on suspicion of being "provocateurs".
From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 2026
So do Internet provocateurs, represented here by Ann Coulter, pretty much playing herself and proving that it isn’t an act.
From Salon ● Oct. 22, 2025
To their many fans, Kneecap are relatable, hedonistic provocateurs, mixing rapid-fire anti-establishment lyrics that aim to give a voice to the oppressed with danceable bass-heavy beats.
From BBC ● May 23, 2025
O’Connor didn’t always get her point across the way she wanted, and did sometimes purposefully stoke outrage, because that’s what provocateurs do.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 27, 2023
Their role was to act as agents provocateurs, and they would attempt to push us around, take our food, and inhibit any political discussions we tried to have.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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