Sentence examples for huge provocation from inspiring English sources

A group of Hispanic lawyers scrapped plans to hold a convention in Phoenix, the state capital; other boycotts, including of the Super Bowl in Glendale next year, might well have followed.To have signed the law would thus have amounted to a huge provocation.

"An atmospheric nuclear test... would be a huge provocation.

Carrying out such a test — the first atmospheric nuclear test anywhere in the world since 1980 — would be a huge provocation to the U.S., and its allies, potentially bringing the countries to the brink of war and unleashing devastating impacts on the environment.

If South Korea leads a global coalition in referring North Korea to the International Criminal Court, it could be interpreted as a huge act of provocation by Kim's regime – the two countries have technically been at war since the Korean war of 1950-53.

"If they make a reckless provocation with huge strategic forces, the Korean People's Army (KPA) should mercilessly strike the US mainland, their stronghold, their military bases in the operational theatres in the Pacific, including Hawaii and Guam, and those in South Korea," the agency quoted him as saying.

The provocation proved provocative.

Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg said that the police had to deal with huge crowds and, at times, nasty provocation, and that delays processing arrests were due to sheer volume.

If Labour becomes as unpopular mid-term as has every recent government, its huge majority in Parliament will be a ghastly provocation to voters.

It is sadly typical of authoritarian regimes to presume that huge protests of the sort that have accompanied the Olympic torch are provocations instigated by devious foreign foes.

"Such a huge display of power like this, I'm afraid people feel it's a provocation".

The provocation?