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How to use the word instigate in a Sentence?

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Honestly, this isn't a good time for Xi Jinping to provoke a military conflict right before the 20th party congress. It's in Xi Jinping's interest to manage this rationally and not instigate a crisis on top of all the other crises Xi Jinping has to deal with. – Drew Thompson	Found on CNN 1 year ago
Markets appear to be coming around to the Fed narrative that a burst in inflation is only likely to be temporary, a temporary spike in prices should not instigate a removal of stimulatory policies from central banks. – Rodrigo Catril	Found on Reuters 2 years ago
The purpose of writing is not to commend the flaws and imperfections in life. We do not write to encourage enmity or to instigate evil. We want to promote writing not as self-expression, but to minimize life's imperfections. – CLIFFORD VILLALON	added by anonymous 3 years ago
The purpose of writing is not to commend the flaws and imperfections in life. We do not write to encourage enmity or to instigate evil. We want to promote writing not as self-expression, but to minimize life's imperfections. – Clifford Villanueva Villalon	added by anonymous 3 years ago
The individuals in( state) custody are suspected to have attempted to identify the home addresses of law enforcement officers in order to target them, made threats of violence intended to instigate a civil war, and engaged in planning and training for an operation to attack the capitol building of Michigan and to kidnap government officials, including the governor of Michigan. – Dana Nessel	Found on CNN 3 years ago
With lies and tricks they're trying to instigate hatred and racism. – Latin America	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
[Putin] managed to sow doubt about our electoral system. He managed to help defeat the candidate that he despised Hillary Clinton. He managed to get the first national security adviser adviser fired, he managed to instigate instigate multiple counterintelligence investigations and now he's managed in effect to cause the president to fire the FBI director who is investigating him because of concerns about collusion with Russia. – Tony Blinken	Found on CNN 6 years ago
Politicians should not use this to instigate things that would lead the country into unrest. – Hun Sen	Found on Reuters 7 years ago
Never before has the candidate himself been the one to instigate whatever the problems are, and so yes, that has created a problem. But frankly ... I don't think there's any way that Donald Trump gets elected as president of the United States. – Jerry Springer	Found on CNN 8 years ago
Unfortunately I think it is more of what we can expect in the future -- whether it is copy cats or whether you have, again, either ISIS-aligned or inspired or ISIS-directed individuals, it might instigate ISIS to take a more proactive approach to send individuals here to the U.S. or to try to recruit. – Dean Alexander	Found on CNN 8 years ago
The duty is an important step forward in tackling this practice, and we believe that it will make sure professionals have the confidence to confront FGM, we need to ensure that where a serious crime has been committed, the police are informed and can instigate an appropriate multi-agency response to protect girls and bring perpetrators to justice. – Karen Bradley	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
We need to ensure that where a serious crime has been committed, the police are informed and can instigate an appropriate multi-agency response to protect girls and bring perpetrators to justice. – Karen Bradley	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
I am not sure that anyone can stop this completely, this is a warfare game, psychological warfare – to instill fear and intimidation among the targets. It is also an effective and cheap tool to instigate and to recruit. – Hanan Yadin	Found on FOX News 8 years ago

Honestly, this isn't a good time for Xi Jinping to provoke a military conflict right before the 20th party congress. It's in Xi Jinping's interest to manage this rationally and not instigate a crisis on top of all the other crises Xi Jinping has to deal with.

– Drew Thompson

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Markets appear to be coming around to the Fed narrative that a burst in inflation is only likely to be temporary, a temporary spike in prices should not instigate a removal of stimulatory policies from central banks.

– Rodrigo Catril

Found on Reuters
2 years ago

The purpose of writing is not to commend the flaws and imperfections in life. We do not write to encourage enmity or to instigate evil. We want to promote writing not as self-expression, but to minimize life's imperfections.

– CLIFFORD VILLALON

added by anonymous
3 years ago

– Clifford Villanueva Villalon

added by anonymous
3 years ago

The individuals in( state) custody are suspected to have attempted to identify the home addresses of law enforcement officers in order to target them, made threats of violence intended to instigate a civil war, and engaged in planning and training for an operation to attack the capitol building of Michigan and to kidnap government officials, including the governor of Michigan.

– Dana Nessel

Found on CNN
3 years ago

With lies and tricks they're trying to instigate hatred and racism.

– Latin America

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

[Putin] managed to sow doubt about our electoral system. He managed to help defeat the candidate that he despised Hillary Clinton. He managed to get the first national security adviser adviser fired, he managed to instigate instigate multiple counterintelligence investigations and now he's managed in effect to cause the president to fire the FBI director who is investigating him because of concerns about collusion with Russia.

– Tony Blinken

Found on CNN
6 years ago

Politicians should not use this to instigate things that would lead the country into unrest.

– Hun Sen

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

Never before has the candidate himself been the one to instigate whatever the problems are, and so yes, that has created a problem. But frankly ... I don't think there's any way that Donald Trump gets elected as president of the United States.

– Jerry Springer

Found on CNN
8 years ago

Unfortunately I think it is more of what we can expect in the future -- whether it is copy cats or whether you have, again, either ISIS-aligned or inspired or ISIS-directed individuals, it might instigate ISIS to take a more proactive approach to send individuals here to the U.S. or to try to recruit.

– Dean Alexander

Found on CNN
8 years ago

The duty is an important step forward in tackling this practice, and we believe that it will make sure professionals have the confidence to confront FGM, we need to ensure that where a serious crime has been committed, the police are informed and can instigate an appropriate multi-agency response to protect girls and bring perpetrators to justice.

– Karen Bradley

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

We need to ensure that where a serious crime has been committed, the police are informed and can instigate an appropriate multi-agency response to protect girls and bring perpetrators to justice.

– Karen Bradley

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

I am not sure that anyone can stop this completely, this is a warfare game, psychological warfare – to instill fear and intimidation among the targets. It is also an effective and cheap tool to instigate and to recruit.

– Hanan Yadin

Found on FOX News
8 years ago

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