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provocation
1. as one at this provocation, and it was left to Soissons to
2. did so at the slightest provocation, and held a grudge no
3. 'Given the slightest provocation they would have
4. was in a foul mood and was looking for any provocation so
5. Such combinations, however, are frequently resisted by a contrary defensive combination of the workmen, who sometimes, too, without any provocation of this kind, combine, of their own accord, to raise tile price of their labour
6. However, she was more potent when a vision overcame her without provocation
7. It was upon this silly notion, however, that England could not subsist without the Portugal trade, that, towards the end of the late war, France and Spain, without pretending either offence or provocation, required the king of Portugal to exclude all British ships from his ports, and, for the security of this exclusion, to receive into them French or Spanish garrisons
8. 4/25/11 From The Lord, Our God and Savior - For All Those Who Have Ears to Hear Provocation
9. Thus says The Lord, to all those of the provocation: YOU SHALL ALL SURELY DIE! ALL SHALL BE PIERCED!
10. 4/25/11 From The Lord, Our God and Savior - For All Those Who Have Ears to Hear Provocation cont
11. “He blasted them on minimal provocation
12. “You can thank me later, you dolt! What kind of an asshole jumps on an informant like that? Without provocation as well!”
13. 30 Because of the sins of Jeroboam which he sinned, and which he made Israel sin, by his provocation with which he provoked the
14. provocation with which you have provoked me to anger, and made Israel to sin
15. 2 Are there not mockers with me? And does not mine eye continue in their provocation?
16. 8 Harden not your heart, as in the provocation, and as in the day of temptation in the wilderness:
17. 31 For this city has been to me as a provocation of my anger and of my fury from the day that they
18. It would depend on whether you moved against him with or without provocation
19. sacrifices, and there they presented the provocation of their offering; There also they made their sweet savour, and poured out there
20. I would seem the Khakhan had been ready to fall on the fishing fleet had there been any provocation
21. They spoke completely mutually intelligible dialects of the same language but did tend to fight among themselves with little provocation
22. 7 Walk, my children, in long suffering, in meekness, honesty, in provocation, in grief, in faith and in truth, in reliance on promises, in illness, in abuse, in wounds, in temptation, in nakedness, in private, loving one another, till you go out from this age of ills, which you become inheritors of endless time
23. Patience --- Bearing of provocation, annoyance, misfortune, or pain, without complaint, loss of temper, irritation, or the like; or having the willingness to suppress restlessness or annoyance through steady perseverance; being even-tempered; and diligence when working with others
24. think that you never would, in spite of the provocation
25. But for the most part, it is thought that they chose their deaths of their own will, and with insufficient provocation, especially Dalia
26. 7 Walk my children in long suffering in meekness honesty in provocation in grief in faith and in truth in reliance on promises in illness in abuse in wounds in temptation in nakedness in private loving one another till you go out from this age of ills which you become inheritors of endless time
27. But even from the little I saw of her, it seems impossible that Dalia would commit suicide for so little provocation! That for every second of that fall, she could continue to choose to let herself impact and die because she had been jilted by her new lover!”
28. “Our boys were attacked without provocation
29. General Dwyer posted his men with machine gun at the exit and opened fire without any provocation from the public
30. needed only the mildest provocation from Rochelle to turn abusive
31. accusations and abuses frequently without provocation
32. He needed little provocation to take dire measures
33. provocation, real or imagined
34. The obsolescence of the ship was reflected, unfortunately, in the lacerations of the wood which composed it; dirty, black, rotten and wet wood that threatened to capsize the boat at the smallest provocation; the old musty smell and oxide stains were everywhere in sight
35. Jerry’s blatant provocation had the desired result; she suddenly needed to prove herself
36. Anything they do now would be seen as a provocation
37. Thank God, he would not be dying on the gallows either! After all, given the provocation, didn’t the courts hold that a life sentence would meet the ends of justice? With a little bit of luck, he might even get remission sooner than later
38. She realized her very life hung in the balance: maddened with suspicion and unreasoning panic, he was ready to deal death at the slightest provocation
39. And if there is a provocation or a battle situation,
40. He did not like the man; yet the fellow had given him no provocation
41. Conan, indeed, gave him no provocation
42. "But what else could I do? You know what my provocation was
43. another human being on meeting and without provocation, and yet you chose to
44. flush out the other, or others, but he needed more provocation
45. emotions, their sophistication and sense of provocation,
46. a black one would’ve been suspect with little or no provocation
47. Then he said he could “read” that I was Baloh’s girl the UC people who attacked Hannibal without provocation
48. There were many people who had sufficient insight to suspect that it was a question of provocation
49. But the truth never came to light, and the version always prevailed that the royal guard, without provocation of any kind, took up combat positions upon a signal from their commander and opened fire without pity on the crowd
50. would leave you without any reason or provocation