"Land is a major social and political issue,very explosive and very much inclined to provoke a lot of conflict in different parts of the country.

VOA: standard.2009.08.23

The problems that Frost poses are problems of interpretation, - problems that provoke you to ask not, "what does he mean exactly?

弗罗斯特给我们的困难是翻译，是使人不发问这样的问题，“他到底要说什么“

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For I feared that my plan of explaining how man had evolved would provoke notoriety.

VOA: standard.2009.11.25

The institute has scoured the results of international studies to find antigens substances that provoke an immune response in the body that could be a potent weapon against malaria.

VOA: standard.2010.01.20

So,Russell says, even if in the Vilks case, he does not defend the particular cartoon in question, cartoonists around the world should keep their right to draw and provoke, and ask questions about the world we live in.

VOA: standard.2010.03.20