Sentence examples for provocative exercise from inspiring English sources

After cumulating these forces in a "provocative exercise in subtraction," Mr Gordon forecasts that the standard of living for an American in the bottom 99% of the income distribution will barely increase for one hundred years.

A film exploring a world in which white people don't have nice things (or Vibranium, the nicest thing in this case) is a provocative exercise in our time, when nations around the world are gripped by a rise in white nationalist movements and the accompanying devaluation of ethnic groups.

He's now calling his idea "the provocative questions exercise".

That was followed by several large and provocative military exercises by the South, including joint maneuvers led by an American aircraft carrier in the Yellow Sea.

North Korea is expected to conduct further provocative military exercises near the demilitarised zone and the maritime "northern limit line", which it wants moved further south.

That skirmish was followed by a number of large and provocative military exercises by the South, including joint maneuvers led by an U.S. aircraft carrier in the Yellow Sea.

By conducting numerous provocative military exercises and creating tensions, Russia is trying to challenge the cohesion and solidarity of the alliance.

At the same time last week, Mr. Medvedev described as "provocative" NATO exercises scheduled to begin in Georgia on Wednesday (Russia turned down an invitation to participate in them); they involve no heavy equipment or arms and concentrate on things like disaster response and search and rescue.

But strength can also be provocative, especially when exercised without good judgment.

To start, like every other year, North Korea has been calling the exercises provocative and dangerous, asserting that they're really intended to cover up US and South Korean preparations to launch an invasion of the North.

However, for patients who: (1) had positive cardiac biomarkers during admission; (2) underwent cardiac catheterisation; (3) had a positive provocative cardiovascular test (eg, exercise stress test) or (4) had ischaemic ECG changes, the chart was reviewed by an ED physician and a cardiologist.