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Example sentences for: provokes

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"Ally McBeal : A horrific school shooting provokes discussion and soul-searching among the Boston legal community and the nation.
Today much of the historic city is protected by statute although any redevelopment provokes much debate.
actively destroying command areas and suspected weapons sites when Saddam provokes the next crisis.
In fact, the sheer pronunciation of the letters in sounds like the lip-smacking yum yum or the postprandial urp and sigh provokes a chuckle.
The 1990s Wilde provokes because he is not simple at all.