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as in firebrand
a person who stirs up public feelings especially of discontent
blamed the protests on outside incendiaries who were intent on overthrowing the government
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as in provocative
tending to excite political disorder or insurrection
recklessly made incendiary remarks during a period of heightened racial tensions
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Recent Examples of incendiary
Bill Reinhard, New York Daily News, 26 Jan. 2024
The fire marshal’s investigation indicated that the cause of the fire, which started in an interior hallway, was an incendiary.
—Aegis Staff Report, Baltimore Sun, 23 Jan. 2024
Anna Kaufman, USA TODAY, 10 Dec. 2024
The group’s incendiary music forces them to deal with police harassment, political threats and dissident republican attacks, all while navigating personal struggles and backlash from society at large.
—Travis Bean, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2024
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Aiyuk is the next incendiary to go off, especially if Deebo Samuel can’t go.
—Bill Reinhard, New York Daily News, 26 Jan. 2024
The fire marshal’s investigation indicated that the cause of the fire, which started in an interior hallway, was an incendiary.
—Aegis Staff Report, Baltimore Sun, 23 Jan. 2024
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Healy also has a history of making incendiary comments.
—Anna Kaufman, USA TODAY, 10 Dec. 2024
The group’s incendiary music forces them to deal with police harassment, political threats and dissident republican attacks, all while navigating personal struggles and backlash from society at large.
—Travis Bean, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2024
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Advertisement The Ravens have had two general managers in their nearly 30-year existence, with Ozzie Newsome beginning in 1996 and passing the torch to Eric DeCosta in 2019.Thuc Nhi Nguyen, Los Angeles Times, 10 Jan. 2025
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Arguably the most popular babyface in wrestling today, Rhodes vs. Cena would be an excellent passing of the torch for the American Nightmare or the record-breaking final title run for one of the best to ever do it.Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 7 Jan. 2025
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Poilievre, for years the party’s go-to attack dog, is a firebrand populist who blamed Canada’s cost-of-living crisis on Trudeau.Rob Gillies, Los Angeles Times, 8 Jan. 2025
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The president-elect has chosen former Florida attorney general Pam Bondi as his nominee to head the Justice Department and firebrand loyalist Kash Patel to head the FBI.Susan Page, USA TODAY, 8 Jan. 2025
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Sign up for the Race/Related Newsletter Join a deep and provocative exploration of race, identity and society with New York Times journalists.Catherine Porter, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2025
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Watch on Deadline The elder Le Pen was known for his brash, charismatic speeches and provocative and incendiary opinions on immigration, the European Union, culture and traditionalism, and religion, especially around faiths such as Islam and Judaism.Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 7 Jan. 2025
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In The Rise of Skywalker, the rebels manage to amass an army and take the fight to the evil Emperor Palpatine, who threatened to take over the galaxy with the biggest military force ever seen.Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 8 Jan. 2025
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Their nations have also tried to coordinate on policies toward Syria, where rebels recently toppled Bashar al-Assad, the longtime dictator.Edward Wong, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2025
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This is why many people with joint pain and related conditions like gout (inflammatory arthritis) may benefit from adding cherries to their diet.12 One review of 29 studies on cherry intake and gout found that cherries were beneficial for reducing related joint pain within a matter of days.Lauren Panoff, MPH, RD, Verywell Health, 9 Jan. 2025
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Research shows that drinking can make inflammatory conditions worse.Jillian Kubala, RD, Health, 8 Jan. 2025
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In Myanmar, where the government regards any aid entering conflict zones as support for insurgents, that can mean international groups operate almost clandestinely to get lifesaving provisions to the local groups that can distribute them.Karl Vick, TIME, 16 Jan. 2025
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While the military did not disclose details about the individuals killed, Balochistan has long been a hotspot for insurgent activity.John Mac Ghlionn, Newsweek, 13 Jan. 2025
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Just last August, Kanye West’s former chief of staff and right-wing provocateur, Milo Yiannopoulos, alleged that West’s nitrous oxide addiction was costing the rapper more than $50,000 a month.Ben Dandridge-Lemco, Rolling Stone, 29 Dec. 2024
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Leave it to Virat Kohli, India's talismanic batter who doubles as a renowned provocateur, to try to light a fire under his beleaguered team.Tristan Lavalette, Forbes, 26 Dec. 2024
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So when a demagogue like Trump speaks to her pain and promises to bring factories back, of course her heart leaps.Nicholas Kristof, The Mercury News, 4 Sep. 2024
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As a result, the very outcome the founders most feared, namely election of a demagogue by a gullible cult of true-believers, has been made possible because of the Electoral College, which was originally designed to avoid precisely that outcome.Joseph J. Ellis, The Mercury News, 31 Oct. 2024
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“Incendiary.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/incendiary. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.
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