provoking
Americanadjective
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Provoking anxiety is sort of the default mode for talking about climate change, but is this the best way to discuss people trying to move out of harm's way?
From Salon • Jun. 18, 2023
Provoking questions around voice, visibility and cartography, Wilson’s works suggest fluid narratives of place, diaspora, cultural heritage and the intersections of individual and communal identity.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 15, 2021
In a humble, single-story brick building, three blocks from downtown McMinnville’s wine-tasting rooms and cafes, staffers and volunteers of a recovery center called Provoking Hope help the casualties.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 14, 2021
Provoking an outcry here from many Chinese teens, the changes task gaming companies with limiting online games for under 18s to just three hours a week.
From Reuters • Sep. 7, 2021
What if she essayed for Paris that which again and again she had meant to graft on to her repertory—the Provoking Thimble?
From Zuleika Dobson, or, an Oxford love story by Beerbohm, Max, Sir
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