provocateur

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Reasons to be Pretty is currently running at the Lyceum Theater, is known as a provocateur, but his show took things to the next level during the play's April 5 matinee.

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  • Hugh is a provocateur, a brilliant marketer and a nice guy.
  • The real fun is Kiffin's newfound role as serial provocateur -- the man you go to when you need someone's cage poked. —  Sports News : CBSSports.com
  • Reasons to be Pretty is currently running at the Lyceum Theater, is known as a provocateur, but his show took things to the next level during the play's April 5 matinee. —  Broadway.Com Headlines
  • More of an agent provocateur --- weren't intellectually deep or politically consistent, and the same went for his conversion to the Right. —  Lance Mannion
  • While McGovern may be right about the involvment of agents provocateur, there's reason to believe at least some of those caught up in the pre-convention sweep harbored criminal designs. —  Pro Libertate
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