harassed
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Harassed and humiliated by her peers — a development that Tomine handled more convincingly — Nora drops out of school and soon crosses paths with Camille, joining the real-estate agency that he’s now managing.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 14, 2022
On July 20, 2020, Salon received an email from a comedian and writer named Elizabeth Croydon with the subject line "Shahid Buttar Sexually Harassed Me."
From Salon • Nov. 15, 2020
Harassed by police and some residents, he was constantly moving from curb to curb, all while working full time to pay off the car he was living in.
From Washington Post • Nov. 28, 2018
Q. Re: Harassed at Church : If you are old enough to have a husband, you are old enough to say, emphatically—“Don’t touch me!”
From Slate • Jul. 7, 2015
Harassed only by the fire of the British and Hanoverian guns, and by that of the British infantry, Contades drew off his army by the nineteen bridges into his stronghold.
From With Frederick the Great A Story of the Seven Years' War by Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)