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With Air Canada and Southwest the latest airlines to charge passengers for check-in luggage, the ballooning cost of such ancillary or "junk fees" is provoking anger among politicians and consumer groups.

From BBC • Jun. 4, 2025

The Delta isn’t the only region of California where a decision about river flows is provoking controversy.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 16, 2023

He is provoking his spectators, absolutely, but to what end?

From New York Times • Jul. 20, 2022

But P.1 — along with variants found in South Africa and Britain — is provoking particular concern.

From Washington Post • Jan. 27, 2021

It is provoking that the inventory, minute as it is, should desert us at the most important point, and give insufficient data for estimating the size of the room.

From The Care of Books by Clark, John Willis