provocateur
Example Sentences
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Over the years, Bosworth has developed a reputation as a blunt, outspoken provocateur.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 25, 2026
Reed, who died at his home in New York Tuesday at 87, was a provocateur, a bomb thrower.
From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2026
Reckzeh had been set up as a spy and agent provocateur by the Gestapo: Thadden had been fooled by his elaborately constructed cover story.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 19, 2025
Right-wing provocateur Dinesh D’Souza — an Indian-American who was raised Catholic but became a born-again Christian — has also faced racist attacks.
From Salon • Oct. 21, 2025
With him, the composer as agent provocateur had arrived.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
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