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as in encouraged
to rouse to strong feeling or action
his teasing finally provoked her to anger bees generally will not sting unless they are provoked
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as in triggered
to bring (something volatile or intense) into being
rankings that are sure to provoke an argument among film buffs
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Recent Examples of provoked
Dan McLaughlin, National Review, 19 Dec. 2024
The funding debacle has provoked questions about Speaker Johnson’s future and whether someone else is better equipped to lead the House GOP conference in the next Congress.
—Jonathan Easley, The Hill, 19 Dec. 2024
The war had already begun to shift northward, provoked by Hezbollah’s late July rocket attack on a soccer field in the Golan Heights, which killed 12 children and injured over 40.
—Amos Yadlin, Foreign Affairs, 17 Dec. 2024
The confessional nature of brat also provoked a lot of the remix collaborators to match that.
—Katie Atkinson, Billboard, 16 Dec. 2024
The acquittal provoked anger and mistrust of the justice system among many Hartford residents, according to news reports at the time.
—Renata Daou, Hartford Courant, 16 Dec. 2024
Warren’s blinkered statement provoked a backlash, and rightly so.
—Matthew Continetti, National Review, 14 Dec. 2024
The sightings have provoked hysteria among residents and fears of in-air collisions with commercial planes and helicopters.
—Jonathan Easley, The Hill, 13 Dec. 2024
Authorship and ownership in the age of AI Integrating AI into scholarly publishing has provoked mixed reactions from authors whose works are central to these licensing deals.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 12 Dec. 2024
Verb
But few things provoked a more consistently ambivalent posture from Buckley than populism.
—Dan McLaughlin, National Review, 19 Dec. 2024
The funding debacle has provoked questions about Speaker Johnson’s future and whether someone else is better equipped to lead the House GOP conference in the next Congress.
—Jonathan Easley, The Hill, 19 Dec. 2024
The war had already begun to shift northward, provoked by Hezbollah’s late July rocket attack on a soccer field in the Golan Heights, which killed 12 children and injured over 40.
—Amos Yadlin, Foreign Affairs, 17 Dec. 2024
The confessional nature of brat also provoked a lot of the remix collaborators to match that.
—Katie Atkinson, Billboard, 16 Dec. 2024
The acquittal provoked anger and mistrust of the justice system among many Hartford residents, according to news reports at the time.
—Renata Daou, Hartford Courant, 16 Dec. 2024
Warren’s blinkered statement provoked a backlash, and rightly so.
—Matthew Continetti, National Review, 14 Dec. 2024
The sightings have provoked hysteria among residents and fears of in-air collisions with commercial planes and helicopters.
—Jonathan Easley, The Hill, 13 Dec. 2024
Authorship and ownership in the age of AI Integrating AI into scholarly publishing has provoked mixed reactions from authors whose works are central to these licensing deals.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 12 Dec. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for provoked
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In New York, first-degree murder charges are reserved for killings with aggravated circumstances, such as those involving police officers, torture or if someone is hired to kill.Molly Bohannon, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024
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Three of the men involved who committed the fatal assault – Diego Montaña, Alejandro Freire and Kaio Amaral – were each found guilty of aggravated murder.Greg Wehner, Fox News, 24 Nov. 2024
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An artist and activist with the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE), Rotolo encouraged Dylan’s support for the nascent civil rights movement.Grant Wong, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Dec. 2024
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Customers are encouraged to check Rite Aid's website for holiday store hours.Gabe Hauari, USA TODAY, 24 Dec. 2024
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Trump ran for president on the idea that increased oil and natural gas production would reduce costs for U.S. voters who were left frustrated by a 2022 inflationary spike that still lingers.JOSH BOAK AND RAF CASERT THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, arkansasonline.com, 21 Dec. 2024
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The fatal shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson on Dec. 4 prompted a national discussion on healthcare costs that included outcry from lawmakers and support for the shooting from frustrated consumers.BrieAnna J. Frank, USA TODAY, 21 Dec. 2024
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Storks, raised in Rossiten, Prussia would have propaganda leaflets affixed to their legs.Scott Travers, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
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With an elevated head and raised tail, the tiger has intricate cast patterns depicting its fur, and may have functioned as a drinking vessel or container.Jane Levere, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
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City were uncharacteristically stirred beyond recognition but roused themselves and did not lose another league game for the rest of the campaign, winning 19 of the final 23.Jacob Tanswell, The Athletic, 22 Dec. 2024
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Controversy stirred earlier this year upon the Washington Free Beacon unearthing White House visitor logs that said Podesta held a meeting with McUsic.Gabe Kaminsky, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 22 Dec. 2024
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Russia’s Vladimir Putin has incited Europe’s largest conflict since the Second World War and China’s Xi Jinping is remaking global institutions in his own image, bereft of democratic values.Chang Che, The New Yorker, 21 Dec. 2024
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With the widespread medical advice advocating protective measures against UV radiation to ward against this, the view incited considerable backlash.Henry Flynn, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024
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Are employees of all backgrounds being hired and promoted at the same rates within the workplace?Janice Gassam Asare, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
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Washington once promoted economic interdependence but now openly weaponizes it.Henry Farrell, Foreign Affairs, 23 Dec. 2024
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The New York Times has a recipe that is inspired by chocolate rugelach, but instead of being rolled into a crescent, it is cut to resemble the Yule Log shape.Joyce Orlando, The Tennessean, 24 Dec. 2024
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In December 1984, that old piano, which barely fit into the living room of a cottage on Shady Glade Court in the Rosedale neighborhood, inspired a 40-year-old tradition.Michael Barnes, Austin American-Statesman, 24 Dec. 2024
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“Provoked.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/provoked. Accessed 4 Jan. 2025.
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