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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of instigate.

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  • But the team — Clay, Jensen, Roque, Pooch and Cougar — soon find that they have become the target of a deadly double cross, instigated from the inside by a powerful enemy known only as Max.

    New Movie Posters: MacGruber, The Losers, Beastly, Despicable Me, Toy Story 3 | /Film 2010

  • But the team – Clay, Jensen, Roque, Pooch and Cougar – soon find that they have become the target of a deadly double cross, instigated from the inside by a powerful enemy known only as Max.

    The Losers Sizzle Reel | /Film 2010

  • But the team – Clay, Jensen, Roque, Pooch and Cougar – soon find that they have become the target of a deadly double cross, instigated from the inside by a powerful enemy known only as Max.

    34 High Resolution Photos from The Losers | /Film 2010

  • But the team — Clay, Jensen, Roque, Pooch and Cougar — soon find that they have become the target of a deadly double cross, instigated from the inside by a powerful enemy known only as Max.

    New Poster for The Losers | /Film 2010

  • But the team — Clay, Jensen, Roque, Pooch and Cougar — soon find that they have become the target of a deadly double cross, instigated from the inside by a powerful enemy known only as Max.

    The Losers Movie Poster | /Film 2010

  • Replays in overtime are instigated from the booth, not by coaches 'challenges.

    USATODAY.com - Football - Tampa Bay vs. Chicago 2006

  • All cars in the future will be safer as a result of the massive global recall instigated by automotive giant Toyota, a senior company official says.

    CIO News 2010

  • All cars in the future will be safer as a result of the massive global recall instigated by automotive giant Toyota, a senior company official says.

    Computerworld 2010

  • In addition to the Freedman Doctrine's justification of military intervention in "rogue states" such as Iraq, Freedman has admitted that he "instigated" a pre-war seminar for the British Prime Minister, because he was "aware of misgivings among some specialists in Iraq about the direction of policy."

    Printing: The Chilcot Inquiry: Britain's 9/11 Commission 2010

  • In addition to the Freedman Doctrine's justification of military intervention in "rogue states" such as Iraq, Freedman has admitted that he "instigated" a pre-war seminar for the British Prime Minister, because he was "aware of misgivings among some specialists in Iraq about the direction of policy."

    The Chilcot Inquiry: Britain's 9/11 Commission 2010

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