Sentence examples for provoke clashes from inspiring English sources

The Associated Press reported that there were concerns the procession would provoke clashes between gays and their opponents.

They worry that the scheme is too dirigiste and will provoke clashes between locals and newcomers, as Mr Mengistu's scheme did.

But its language, he said, expresses concepts in an ambiguous way that he believes will provoke clashes between workers and employers when the laws are applied.

Analysts have suggested that, given the generally dire relations between South Asian countries, water will provoke clashes rather than co-operation.

The government, fearful that the police would not obey its orders, bussed in several thousand plain-clothed bull-neck thugs armed with iron rods from the regions to intimidate the students and provoke clashes.

Zacharias used a great deal of pedal to darken and deepen the bass notes, to make the strange harmonies echo resonantly, and to make phrases last long enough to provoke clashes with the ones that followed.

The shah responded decisively, sending troops into Iraqi Kurdistan, mobilizing his army and provoking clashes along the border.

The trial in which she was acquitted dominated French public life and even provoked clashes between leftist and right-wing street gangs.

The event that inspired Stephen Stills to write For What It's Worth was minor, the closure of a club in LA that provoked clashes between hippies and police.

Israeli soldiers were arrayed on the hills surrounding Burin's olive trees on Tuesday afternoon, one group detailed to prevent settlers from descending into the fields, another stationed to stop Palestinian villagers from provoking clashes.

Attempts to tighten the fund's conflict-of-interest rules have failed in recent years, and in some cases provoked clashes, as when the state controller, Kathleen Connell, sued Calpers to strike down a set of rules limiting ex officio trustees' ability to raise campaign money.