Sentence examples for a provocation of the from inspiring English sources

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To distract the world from its nuclear ambitions and to keep conflict alive in the Middle East, Iran, through its client militia in Lebanon, has indulged in a provocation of the most dangerous kind.

The party – renamed yet again, simply as Die Linke, a designation which was in itself of course a provocation of the Social Democrats – finally entered a number of western state parliaments which had always remained beyond the reach of the PDS.

To Germans, the suggestion that they consign the "Made in Germany" label to history, as they had the Deutsche mark, the Berlin Wall or the Volkswagen Beetle, was a provocation of the first order -- an affront to a pillar of postwar German identity.

"This is a provocation of the European Parliament," Harms says.

It has long been a Soviet technique to call everything that goes against the interests of the Kremlin a "provocation" of the enemy, to muddy the perception of truth.

Alexander Wittkowsky, the president of Technical University, thereupon denounced the parade as a "provocation" on the part of the Allied Forces.

The DPR defense ministry also described the incident as "a provocation on the part of Ukraine".

Enraged with what they called a provocation on the part of European diplomats, Israel's Ministry of Foreign affairs threatened a strong response, reportedly declaring the attache persona non-grata, removing her diplomatic immunity and expelling her from the country.

Russia backs Syria's contention that the Aug. 21 attack was a "provocation" on the part of rebels seeking international intervention in the country's 2 1/2-year-old civil war.

Furthermore, for numerous cultures, the (scientific) mapping of risks may be perceived as a provocation of celestial powers, with the direct consequence that such communities' feeling of security will be negatively impacted, with further significant consequences for their actions (Voss 2008).