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does not behave rudely, does not seek its own, is not provoked,
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He could be dangerous if provoked”
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These remarks provoked a reprise of some earlier thoughts in
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fathers provoked me to wrath, saith
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They are potentially dangerous, but probably not unless provoked
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mistakes provoked all kind of schisms, ending with all
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Even his manner came across as arrogant and proud; certainly not someone to mess with! He smiled back at the king’s beaming face and shivered as he thought how quickly those friendly eyes could turn to stone when provoked
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He is at all times surrounded by unknown enemies, whom, though he never provoked, he can never appease, and from whose injustice he can be protected only by the powerful arm of the civil magistrate, continually held up to chastise it
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Who knows what it might do if provoked?”
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Should the sovereign have the imprudence to appear either to deride, or doubt himself of the most trifling part of their doctrine, or from humanity, attempt to protect those who did either the one or the other, the punctilious honour of a clergy, who have no sort of dependency upon him, is immediately provoked to proscribe him as a profane person, and to employ all the terrors of religion, in order to oblige the people to transfer their allegiance to some more orthodox and obedient prince
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On the contrary, they were provoked and disgusted by the vanity, luxury, and expense of the richer clergy, who appeared to spend upon their own pleasures what had always before been regarded as the patrimony of the poor
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became more extreme, provoked by the host
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‘I can tell you,’ answered Dolan, promptly, ‘that it has already provoked outrage in the White House
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I shouldn’t have provoked him
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The instructors were fatherly provoked but I understand his shock
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If such an enemy does not formally exist, however, that ―enemy‖ must be either manufactured or provoked in some manner
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Simply the average Russian soldier did not surrender as quickly as say the French did and capable of terrible things when provoked or not
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This thought provoked such a deep horror in Soffen that she almost fainted, but she pushed it aside, and after much dithering, finally summoned up the courage to enter the tunnel
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They have indeed provoked Me to anger!
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The constant giving with no strings attached provoked childlike expectations among an overindulged generation of children whose detachment and immaturity caused many to incorrectly estimate or value the sacrifices made by their parents
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A number of (politically) prominent individuals have achieved historical repute for their providential and skillful management of exceptional events that defined their tenure in (public) office notwithstanding the reluctance of some who were neither willing or able to meet the extraordinary challenges that confronted them; provoked to action, however, by the enlightened examples of others before taking formal or appropriate action in response to such events
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As President, Tyler pushed for the annexation of Texas as a slave state, though the war to expand slavery would be provoked by Polk
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His caustic remarks provoked a number of (unformed) thoughts in my mind including but not limited to 1) the boundaries separating treasonous statements from free speech 2) plausible grounds calling for his immediate dismissal 3) the appalling lack of character and common sense conspicuously absent among (so-called) Intellectuals and (dis-engaging) parents (refer to John Walker Lindh) who casually dismiss the questionable attitudes and positions adopted by their children while routinely footing the bill for their college tuitions and 4) more recently, a former relief pitcher for the Atlanta Braves (John Rocker) who was sentenced by the court of public opinion to perform community service after making unsavory remarks to a newspaper reporter about Gays and African Americans inconsistent with the (civic) requirements of social and politically correct conventions
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Could James Polk, the man who provoked the war with Mexico, still have become the next president anyway? Unlikely, since he was the first “dark horse candidate,” the first to come from behind, largely unknown
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By pushing to conquer all of North Korea instead of just retaking all of South Korean territory, MacArthur was not seeing that this provoked newly Communist China
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He noticed from the corner of his eye Major Guighan approaching almost sheepishly, a trait that usually provoked his anger and irritation even though he did not consider himself an irascible man
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Apparently, it merely provoked him because he moved closer again until he was merely a few centimeters from her
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She defied him, provoked him and without further dared to set herself against him
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“I seem to recall hearing rumors that you provoked that attack,” says Tobias
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22 And Judah did evil in the sight of the Lord, and they provoked him to jealousy with their sins which they had committed, above all
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30 Because of the sins of Jeroboam which he sinned, and which he made Israel sin, by his provocation with which he provoked the
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provocation with which you have provoked me to anger, and made Israel to sin
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53 For he served Baal and worshipped him and provoked to anger the Lord God of Israel according to all that his father had done
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15 Because they have done that which was evil in my sight, and have provoked me to anger, since the day their fathers came out out
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all the provocations that Manasseh had provoked him besides
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1 And Satan stood up against Israel, and provoked David to number Israel
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He claimed the attack was provoked, and that was the excuse they used when they let him and the other GPs off with some community service, but I knew better
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city of Judah he made high places to burn incense to other gods, and provoked to anger the Lord God of his fathers
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56 Yet they tempted and provoked the Most High God, and kept not his testimonies:
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58 For they provoked him to anger with their high places, and moved him to jealousy with their graven images
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7 Our fathers understood not your wonders in Egypt; they remembered not the multitude of your mercies; but provoked him at the
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29 So they provoked him to anger with their inventions, and the plague brake in on them
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33 Because they provoked his spirit, so that he spoke unadvisedly with his lips
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43 Many times did he deliver them; but they provoked him with their counsel, and were brought low for their iniquity
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for I have provoked your wrath, and
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forsaken the Lord, they have provoked the Holy One of Israel to anger, they are gone away backward
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children of Judah have only done evil before me from their youth, for the children of Israel have only provoked me to anger with the
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12 But after that our fathers had provoked the God of Heaven
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captivity; 5 And cover not their iniquity, and let not their sin be blotted out from before you, for they have provoked you to anger
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14 Ephraim provoked him to anger most bitterly therefore shall
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15 But when our fathers provoked God to anger, and sinned against the Lord of Israel which is in Heaven, he gave them
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bondage? but they have provoked me to anger, and despised my counsels
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You have been sold to the Gentiles, not for your destruction, but because you provoked God to anger, you are delivered to
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27 Then the king being in a rage, and provoked with the
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“I was provoked,” says Lomborg in the preface to his book The Skeptical Environmentalist
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during the fervor provoked in us by the French Revolution
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* Angry when provoked
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7 And still the sons of men did not turn from their evil ways, and their hands were still extended to do evil in the sight of God, and they provoked the Lord with their evil ways, and the Lord was very angry, and repented that he had made man
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33 And the man was provoked at the words of Hedad, and he cried bitterly, and he brought Hedad to Serak judge of Sodom
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44 And the Lord was provoked at this and at all the works of the cities of Sodom, for they had abundance of food, and had tranquility among them, and still would not sustain the poor and the needy, and in those days their evil doings and sins became great before the Lord
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14 And the wives of Esau vexed and provoked Isaac and Rebecca with their works, for they walked not in the ways of the Lord, but served their father's gods of wood and stone as their father had taught them, and they were more wicked than their father
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51 And Jacob exclaimed against Simeon and Levi, saying, What is this act that you dide why have you injured me, to bring against me all the children of Canaan to destroy me and my household? for I was at rest, even I and my household, and you have done this thing to me, and provoked the inhabitants of the land against me by your proceedings
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27 And the sons of Jacob were provoked at them, and they all rose and sprang over the rampart with the force of their strength, and through their might passed the forty cubits' breadth of the rampart
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26 At that time the children of Israel continued their journey from the wilderness of Sinai, and they took a journey of three days, and the cloud rested on the wilderness of Paran; there the anger of the Lord was kindled against Israel, for they had provoked the Lord in asking him for meat, that they might eat
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That provoked her again
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23 Surely they shall not see the land which I swore to their fathers, neither shall any of them that provoked me see it:
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30 But if the Lord make a new thing, and the earth open her mouth, and swallow them up, with all that appertain to them, and they go down quick into the pit; then you shall understand that these men have provoked the Lord
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Charles’ death and James succession provoked two rebellions, one by the Scottish
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8 Also in Horeb you provoked the Lord to wrath, so that the Lord was angry with you to have destroyed you
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22 And at Taberah, and at Massah, and at Kibrothhattaavah, you provoked the Lord to wrath
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16 They provoked him to jealousy with strange gods, with abominations provoked they him to anger
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7 And still the sons of men did not turn from their evil ways and their hands were still extended to do evil in the sight of God and they provoked the Lord with their evil ways and the Lord was very angry and repented that he had made man
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33 And the man was provoked at the words of Hedad and he cried bitterly and he brought Hedad to Serak judge of Sodom
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44 And the Lord was provoked at this and at all the works of the cities of Sodom for they had abundance of food and had tranquility among them and still would not sustain the poor and the needy and in those days their evil doings and sins became great before the Lord
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14 And the wives of Esau vexed and provoked Isaac and Rebecca with their works for they walked not in the ways of the Lord but served their father's gods of wood and stone as their father had taught them and they were more wicked than their father
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51 And Jacob exclaimed against Simeon and Levi saying What is this act that you dide why have you injured me to bring against me all the children of Canaan to destroy me and my household? for I was at rest even I and my household and you have done this thing to me and provoked the inhabitants of the land against me by your proceedings
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27 And the sons of Jacob were provoked at them and they all rose and sprang over the rampart with the force of their strength and through their might passed the forty cubits' breadth of the rampart
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(attack without being provoked) are very rare
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The vertebrates that exhibit wounds apparently provoked by actions that are
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26 At that time the children of Israel continued their journey from the wilderness of Sinai and they took a journey of three days and the cloud rested on the wilderness of Paran; there the anger of the Lord was kindled against Israel for they had provoked the Lord in asking him for meat that they might eat
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15 But when our fathers provoked God to anger and sinned against the Lord of Israel which is in Heaven he gave them over into the power of Nabuchodonosor King of Babylon of the Chaldeans; 16 Who pulled down the house and burned it and carried away the people captives to Babylon
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7 Am not I even he who brought them out of the land of Egypt from the house of bondage? but they have provoked me to anger and despised my counsels
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You have been sold to the Gentiles not for your destruction but because you provoked God to anger you are delivered to your adversaries
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For you have provoked him who made you the eternal God offering sacrifice to demons and not to God
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Each time one was authorized at the Tuesday lunch, the White House held its breath in fear that either the Soviets or the Red Chinese would be provoked to retaliate
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27 Then the king being in a rage and provoked with the accusations of the most wicked man wrote to Nicanor signifying that he was much displeased with the covenants and commanding him that he should send Maccabeus prisoner in all haste to Antioch
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My master only had to pay a little bit of silver to the widow, because the killing had been provoked
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She didn’t want to be provoked into showing anything but pure, rational objectivity, but Calvin knew better
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He'd rarely seen her anything but bright and cheery, yet she had quite a tongue in her head if sufficiently provoked
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made if he was provoked
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uneasiness that those early experiences provoked in me
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What silly it seemed to me the motive that had provoked such conduct and what price so high I should have to pay for so small imprudence! Losing my own life, not for a heroic, praiseworthy act that will be talked about in future generations, but for a banal, nothing virtuous impulse, provoked by the weakness of character
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feared a devastation that could have provoked cataclysms
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provoked around those life forms, in the worst cases,
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The Palladium must have provoked some subtle
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Nevertheless, there was an incident that provoked the rupture of their friendly bonds and it would mark forever Leonardo's character
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This would have provoked a deep attack of shame on me; considering I did not want to undress my non-corresponded feeling in front of the eyes of strange persons, for very dear that they were, propitiating the class of gossips of which I had fled all my life
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That punk just wanted to say he put the Dog away but he forgot that the Dog attacks better when he's provoked and fighting for his life
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let herself be provoked and replied to
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Harriet had gotten caught, but I must have done something that had provoked her into doing that
