as in rebel
a person who stirs up public feelings especially of discontent
a political agitator who led an unsuccessful revolt against the government
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Recent Examples of agitator
For top-loading machines, never fill laundry past the agitator.
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Nafeesah Allen, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 Jan. 2026
Never put cashmere in a washing machine that had a center agitator since this can destroy the garment.
—Ashlyn Needham, Southern Living, 29 Dec. 2025
The veteran head coach has always been an agitator.
—Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 22 Dec. 2025
Republican leadership and voters followed suit, and fake video clips proliferated whenever agitators saw an opportunity to sow division.
—Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 14 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for agitator
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Last December, armed rebels previously aligned with terror groups finally ousted Assad from power after a 14 year civil war.—
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There was a buffer zone where French soldiers were and then the north was held by rebel groups.—
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Looking ahead into her second year without Tyler, Persun is hoping to further build out her network of followers, friends and supporters.—
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Trump promised transparency with regards to the Epstein investigation, but has alienated even loyal supporters with his actions on the matter.—
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Where is Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Ilhan Omar, Zohran Mamdani and the rest of the radical fringe left who take every opportunity to demagogue and slander Israel, and yet not one word about Iran?—
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In turn, the erosion of trust has weakened the social contract that sustains representative government, leaving democracies more vulnerable to populist demagogues, institutional paralysis, and the gradual normalization of authoritarian alternatives.—
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Stephen Miller is a MAGA firebrand who in his formal capacity, as deputy chief of staff and homeland security adviser, shouldn’t play any role in foreign policy.—
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Pratt, who long cultivated a clownish and villainous persona, leveraged his significant social media presence following the fire to refashion himself as an earnest mix of citizen watchdog and populist firebrand.—
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Finally, turn your buyers into promoters.—
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Dead drummer Mickey Hart said at one point legendary concert promoter Bill Graham vented to him about the lack of catchy songs.—
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But proponents of the industry claim that the environmental costs still net out as a plus since the space data centers take processing off the fossil-fuel-burning grid.—
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One of the biggest proponents of the capri resurgence, the supermodel has been making a stylish case for cropped pants since last summer—and her latest iteration takes the divisive Noughties silhouette into Italian girl style territory.—
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At worst, the government has invited in a provocateur who will continue to spread poison and incite violence.—
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This same climate, however, allowed for vicious attacks on a provocateur from their side who had just been killed in cold blood.—
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While many are now driven primarily by economic interests, a subset retains insurgent, ant-imperialist commitments.—
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That could mean tightening sanctions on remaining power brokers, expanding strikes against security installations and militias, covertly supporting insurgent factions, and using Maduro’s prospective trial as a global stage on which to delegitimize Chavismo once and for all.—
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“Agitator.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/agitator. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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