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Pundit and eager discourse provoker Matt Yglesias has made a mission of reporting bogus paper tags in D.C., which is plagued by bad drivers from neighboring Maryland and Virginia.

From Slate Apr. 25, 2023

For his part, Mr Wilcox, the simian provoker and professor, thinks the movement is related to the decline of the traditional family unit.

From Economist Jun. 16, 2016

Robin – as in Hood – is a college dropout and provoker of accidents.

From The Guardian Jan. 20, 2013

It was not, Federal Judge Robert Merhige insisted, a penalty so much as an expensive thought provoker.

From Time Magazine Archive

The provokee, therefore, determined that the plebeian provoker and honour-stealer should never more speak to him, or—get a doit from him.

From Translations from the German (Vol 3 of 3) Tales by Musaeus, Tieck, Richter by Carlyle, Thomas