Sentence examples for planned to provoke from inspiring English sources

Last month, Mr. Maduro called Mr. Obama "the big boss of the devils" and said Mr. Obama planned to provoke violence in Venezuela to have an excuse to intervene.

In the present game, Anand plans to provoke and counter on the queenside.

A pro-government Cuban blogger, Yohandry Fontana, accused Ms. Sánchez of planning to provoke "a media show" to disrupt the trial, which began Friday.

A number of protesters plan to "provoke disorder" at a London vigil for Mark Duggan after an inquest found he was lawfully killed by police, Scotland Yard says.

The government acted against Jewish extremists it believed were planning to provoke the Palestinians or to assassinate leading members of the right-wing government they had helped to elect and whom they were now accusing of betrayal.

Jonathan Pryce as Elliot Carver, a psychopathic media mogul who plans to provoke global war in order to boost sales and ratings of his news divisions.

Bruce Steward seemed to have a plan to provoke police use of force against him.

According to the Georgians, Moscow had a long-standing plan to provoke the conflict and conducted an illegal invasion of Georgia and annexation of Georgian territory.

The most recent leak was of an illicitly recorded conversation between Turkey's foreign minister Ahmet Davutoglu and several top officials including the country's spy chief, Hakan Fidan, during which they discuss plans to provoke war with Syria.None of this boosted the ratings of the pro-secular main opposition party, the Republican People's Party (CHP), which trailed behind with 28% of the vote.

The devious masterminds behind IS's apparent plan to provoke America into attacking it may be very cagey, but it's unlikely that they are any better at predicting the long-term future than the formidable American military strategists who, despite their expertise and best intentions, created the conditions that made IS what it is today.

He took office as a white knight with a mandate to end political corruption, and he eased global fears of a cross-straits war by reversing his stance and announcing that he had no plans to provoke China by declaring independence.