| 1. | It is a provocation, " said one Western ambassador.
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| 2. | Provocation, in my mouth, means disturbing to the eye.
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| 3. | Given this present touchiness, Washington needs to avoid gratuitous provocation.
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| 4. | She told them he would rant and howl without apparent provocation.
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| 5. | Washington need not respond in kind to every Chinese diplomatic provocation.
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| 6. | Surprisingly and impressively, this reinterpretation is anything but a provocation.
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| 7. | It too accurately proclaims a long pedigree for apparently fresh provocations.
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| 8. | Without provocation, officers sprayed the apartment with about 90 bullets.
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| 9. | This is a grave provocation that should not be left unanswered.
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| 10. | Certainly the fatal accident would not have happened without their provocation.
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