provoking

"Too much" can be just enough, when it's in service of provoking thought, instead of shutting it down.

Maezawa abruptly cancelled the mission, leaving the crew to pick up the pieces of their disrupted lives - the experience informed Adam's thought provoking project.

In announcing its latest tariffs, China's commerce ministry said last week that it would "fight to the end" if the US "insists on provoking a tariff war or trade war".

China did not change course and said it would "fight to the end" if the US "insists on provoking a tariff war or trade war".

His implication that “euphoric markets” invariably produce financial crises, however, is questionable — markets can sustain their euphoria for years without provoking anything like a crisis.