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Example sentences for: provocation

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Calling Goldhagen a Zionist propagandist seemed an act of provocation, to say the least, and so it was taken.
Indians courageously fought alongside the British troops, in Burma, the Middle East, and Europe, but Gandhi saw the British as a provocation for Japanese invasion and was jailed yet again, for launching a “Quit India” campaign in the year 1942.
Two types of pain provocation tests were used: digital pressure (within 5 cm of the midline) and lumbar percussion.
One physical therapist was the examiner in the cervical spine pain provocation study.
The pain provocation studies reported good validity for evaluation of pain in the cervical region but not in the lumbar area.