provocateur

Mr. Gervais, whose eagerness to offend has made him something of a polarizing comic commodity, isn’t doing anything here that will damage his brand as a provocateur.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026

Philips is one of India's best-known - and most polarising - doctors online: admired by supporters as a fearless champion of evidence-based medicine, reviled by critics as an attention-seeking provocateur.

From BBC ● Jun. 28, 2026

An opinion poll last week showed One Nation, for decades a fringe group led by provocateur Pauline Hanson, had become the country's most popular party.

From Barron's ● Jun. 5, 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

Coleman is a classicist who studied at Oxford and a former consultant for McKinsey & Company who clearly enjoys his role as a provocateur.

From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove

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

Alongside Puerto Rican provocateurs like Young Miko and Villano Antillano, La Cruz has continued to queer the heteronormative urbano space.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 25, 2026

The prime minister added that he had instructed Israeli authorities to "deport the provocateurs as soon as possible".

From BBC ● May 20, 2026

These satirical dramas always have a deeper core to their storytelling, and "The Idol" lost whatever sincerity it had when it succumbed to the egos of rich, unrelenting and insincere provocateurs like Levinson and Tefsaye.

From Salon ● Aug. 29, 2023

The government also infiltrated spies and agents provocateurs into the organization.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela