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Provoke (9)

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'provoke' is the definition.
(I know that goad is a kind of provoke)

This is all the clue.

(Other definitions for goad that I've seen before include "Incentive" , "Spur, prod" , "A dog to urge on" , "Cattle prod" , "Act as stimulus - with pointed stick?" .)

I've seen this clue in the LA Times, The Guardian, The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Independent, The Star Tribune and the Penny Press.
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