"provoke" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- What was he doing, to provoke a confrontation this way?
- Nor is it yet the time to provoke a confrontation.
- He was not willing to provoke a confrontation in front of the little people.
- Here he seems to want to provoke confrontation and punishment.
- The move provoked a sharp public confrontation between the parties.
- There was no point in provoking a confrontation over things which would possibly never come to crisis.
- Such a move would most likely provoke a confrontation with President Clinton.
- That tactic, opposition politicians say, is likely to provoke further confrontation.
- Some said the police provoke confrontations by invading their neighborhood.
- But the Pentagon said Iraq had not yet provoked a military confrontation.
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