Sentence examples for provoked fire from inspiring English sources

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At a time when lunch counter sit-ins were met with insults and abuse, peaceful protest marches provoked fire hoses and snarling police dogs, and the Freedom Rides were met with violence, Eddie Robinson urged Grambling athletes and students to go to class, get an education, and be ready for change.

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Pyongyang has refused to apologize, saying it was provoked into firing.

In opening arguments in the murder trial of the businessman, Agustin Garcia, the disagreement was over whether Mr. Garcia had deliberately killed the woman rather than let another man have her or, as the defense contended, he had been provoked into firing.

Recent efforts to form independent cooperatives there and in other Amazon states have until now foundered because of dockworker strikes, which critics of the Mutrans say they provoked, or fires or simple economics.

"The government tries to blame indigenous peoples and fails to punish the companies that provoke fires," says Rukka Sombolinggi, deputy secretary general at the Indigenous People'€™s Alliance of the Archipelago (Aman in Bahasa).

It is impossible to ignore the cynicism of Hamas, which rules Gaza and knows what fear and retribution it provokes by firing thousands of rockets into Israel and hiding its arms in mosques and schools.

Mr Bush scored two costly home goals first when he spent his post-election political capital on a doomed bid to reform Social Security, and second when he nominated a light-weight family retainer, Harriet Miers, for the Supreme Court, provoking a fire-storm on the right.

This dry season provokes brush fires annually as temperatures rise during the late spring, before they fade during early June as the rainy season gets underway.

That has provoked Israeli counter-fire, which is now in danger of drawing Hamas into a new round against Israel.

Ever since he provoked a strike and fired many of the strikers three years ago, its output has plunged.

North Korea blamed the South for provoking the attack by firing at it from the island, Yeonpyeong, which lies in waters disputed by the two sides.

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