Sentence examples for like a provocation from inspiring English sources

So much so, it looks like a provocation to trustbusters.

His suggestion seems more like a provocation than a serious prescription.

But in the context of all the other questions surrounding his operation the egg can seem like a provocation.

The room seemed like a provocation aimed not at Nike but at Lululemon, the apparel company known for its yoga gear.

The $3.2 billion spent on building or refurbishing 12 stadiums, fitted to the expensive standards of FIFA, world football's discredited governing body, seemed like a provocation.

On "Thief" and on the even better 2001 follow-up, "Streethawk: A Seduction" (Misra), almost every lyric sounds like a provocation.

Even amid all that, The Double Helix still seemed like an event: a provocation, a testament not to be forgotten.

"A provocation like this can recur any time".

"My worry is that that's behind a provocation like the sinking of the Cheonan," Mr. Gates said during an appearance in San Francisco.

On Monday, the South's conservative daily Chosun Ilbo cited unnamed government officials as saying that if North Korea launched a provocation like the Cheonan sinking, the South Korean military would retaliate by launching missiles at gigantic statues of Mr. Kim's grandfather and father, Kim Il-sung Il-sung and Kim Jong-il Jong-ilcts of whichip in the North.

This sounds more like a base provocation than a real concern.