Sentence examples for responding to provocation from inspiring English sources

In all these cases China can with some justification claim it is responding to provocation.

In each of these instances, people on one side claim that they are merely responding to provocation and dismiss the other side's identical claim as disingenuous spin.

Nearly fifteen years ago, I wrote an exhaustive report on the U.S.-Mexico border, which credited (most) border agents for their professionalism, restraint in responding to provocation, and even empathy with unauthorized migrants.

In both cases Israel was responding to provocations.

A government spokeswoman here, Selome Tadesse, said Ethiopian troops were responding to "provocations by the Eritrean Army" on western, central and eastern fronts.

The Syrian government said its forces were responding to provocations from Mr. Assad's armed opponents and accused them of trying to sabotage the cease-fire, part of a peace plan negotiated by Kofi Annan, the special emissary of the United Nations and the Arab League.

Avoid showing emotions or responding to provocations, so as not to rile up the person and turn harassment into assault: simply use your body language to signal support.

After Israel withdrew from Lebanon, cross-border hostilities between PLO forces and Israel continued, though from August 1981 to May 1982, the PLO adopted an official policy of refraining from responding to provocations.

A spokeswoman for his party, Dunya Maumoon, said the police and the party had only responded to provocation from Mr. Nasheed's supporters, who she said had burned police stations and destroyed other public property.

According to its advice to its journalists, they should think before they respond to provocation because "it is very easy to become engaged in a slanging match" and they must not "engage in bad language or name-calling".

Hibs' 3-2 success, their first in the cup for 114 years, was instantly overshadowed by a pitch invasion, which triggered mass brawls as an element of the Rangers support responded to provocation.