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Example sentences for: provoking

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In a letter released to the press, Hussein warned Netanyahu that he was provoking the Palestinians to violence and had exhausted Hussein's good will.
Like Gorby, Khatami must muffle his reformist impulses in order to avoid provoking hard-line conservatives.
This action spelled the end of public tolerance of the regime, which collapsed eight months later when the junta attempted to overthrow the Cypriot president, Archbishop Makarios, provoking the Turkish invasion of Cyprus.
By boycotting the meeting, and thus provoking the resignation of Catholic Deputy First Minister Seamus Mallon, Trimble "achieved the near-impossible" of making Gerry Adams, the leader of Sinn Fein, "look like a statesman," the Mirror said in an editorial.
"The latest developments vindicate earlier warnings that Khatami's opponents might resort to provoking acts of violence, followed by a harsh crackdown on free debate and freedom of expression," the paper said.