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Police are expected to hold their temper regardless of the degree of verbal provocation.
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"Well I don't," said Uncle Jack, "not unless there's extreme provocation connected with 'em." (source)provocation = something that causes a violent or angry reaction
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Did she dissolve into tears or launch into tantrums at the slightest provocation?† (source)provocation = something that causes a reaction--especially anger or violence OR the act of causing an angry or violent reaction
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It was all the provocation the pup needed to leap up and shake the lead in its mouth as if it were a serpent.† (source)
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It wasn't obvious aggression, just small provocations.† (source)provocations = actions that cause an angry or violent reaction
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Try not to stab your sister, whatever the provocation.† (source)provocation = something that causes a reaction--especially anger or violence OR the act of causing an angry or violent reaction
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In winter her hands got so red and cracked, they bled at the slightest provocation.† (source)provocation = something that causes a reaction--especially anger or violence OR the act of causing an angry or violent reaction
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And we're not going to be stopped by military provocations.† (source)provocations = actions that cause an angry or violent reaction
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None of us could figure out the provocation, but that did not matter.† (source)provocation = something that causes a reaction--especially anger or violence OR the act of causing an angry or violent reaction
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After that series of provocations, the city exploded into a riot.† (source)provocations = actions that cause an angry or violent reaction
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Trina's father, Walter Garnett, was a former boxer whose failed career had turned him into a violent, abusive alcoholic well known to local police for throwing a punch with little provocation.† (source)provocation = something that causes a reaction--especially anger or violence OR the act of causing an angry or violent reaction
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We agreed to ignore any further provocations.† (source)provocations = actions that cause an angry or violent reaction
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She didn't dare breathe, or blink even, for fear that he was nothing but a mirage shimmering in the distance, a brittle illusion that would vanish at the slightest provocation.† (source)provocation = something that causes a reaction--especially anger or violence OR the act of causing an angry or violent reaction
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He had not the same provocations of exhaustion and hopelessness; he had now something to work for, to struggle for.† (source)provocations = actions that cause an angry or violent reaction
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Harry had a fleeting impression that Seamus had opened his mouth to speak, but he sped up and reached the soothing peace of the stone spiral staircase without having to endure any more provocation.† (source)provocation = something that causes a reaction--especially anger or violence OR the act of causing an angry or violent reaction
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It is worth the expense of youthful days and costly hours, if you learn only some words of an ancient language, which are raised out of the trivialness of the street, to be perpetual suggestions and provocations.† (source)provocations = actions that cause an angry or violent reaction
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