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• v  call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses)
• v  evoke or provoke to appear or occur
• v  provide the needed stimulus for
• v  annoy continually or chronically
• s  causing or tending to cause anger or resentment
  a provoking delay at the airport

• Watt's trouble was that he tended to go too far, gratuitously provoking environmentalists and a wary public.
• Then, in a speech before the NEA in 2007, he endorsed merit pay, provoking scattered boos from the audience.
• Sensing the danger in provoking Russian ire, the Georgians quickly backpedaled: The four arrested Russian officers were handed over to European diplomats, and they arrived in .

• arouse
• elicit
• enkindle
• kindle
• evoke
• fire
• raise
• provoke
• call forth
• kick up
• stimulate
• harass
• hassle
• harry
• chivy
• chivvy
• chevy
• chevvy
• beset
• plague
• molest
• agitative
• agitating

News & Articles

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• 6 debates over NSA secret surveillance
  We rounded up some of the most thought-provoking arguments about U.S. government surveillance.
  June 15, 2013 - U-T San Diego
• Drawing fire & ire: Cartoons don't aim to please, they just aim
  David Low’s name was high on Adolf Hitler’s death list — the so-called Black Book. Considering the breadth of Hitler’s paranoia, earning his hate wasn’t much of a distinction, but Low made the list by belonging to the exclusive society we read about in Victor S. Navasky’s thought-provoking book, “The Art of Controversy.”
  June 15, 2013 - MyCentralJersey.com
• Thought-provoking 'The East' delves into world of eco-terrorists
  'The East' raises thought-provoking questions about degrees of commitment. When is it enough just to recycle? Why do some avert their gaze at the sight of ocean life slick from oil spills while others determine to hold polluters responsible? Is violence ever justified? Are eco-warriors truth seekers, dreamers or criminals?
  June 14, 2013 - Detroit Free Press

Quotes

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• Ehud Olmert in FOXNews
  This morning some of them continued their fire, provoking what we had warned of,Olmert said. "This cease-fire is fragile and we must examine it minute by minute, hour by hour."
• Pope Benedict XVI in FOXNews
  The clashes among Palestinian factions in the Gaza Strip and the rocket attacks against inhabitants of the nearby Israeli cities, which prompted armed intervention, are provoking a bloody deterioration of the situation,Benedict told pilgrims...
• Vladimir Putin in Forbes
  The process of NATO expansion has nothing to do with modernization of the alliance or with ensuring security in Europe,Putin said. "On the contrary, it is a serious factor provoking reduction of mutual trust."