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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.
"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.
He abandoned a huge U.S. satellite-TV venture, provoking a $5 billion lawsuit from his jilted business partner and inviting speculation that he'll be shut out of the American satellite market.
So the early identification, treatment (with non pharmacological interventions) and prevention of the metabolic syndrome seems to be extremely challenging and provoking for the health policy makers, in order to reduce the epidemic of overweight, improper nutrition and sedentary lifestyle.
The Times sees in Clinton's comment the strategy of provoking Bush so Al Gore doesn't have to.