brigade
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This is a useful corrective for people who are being brigaded by Twitter trolls: Would you still be worried if a crowd of folks in a town you’ll never visit was booing your name?
From Washington Post • Aug. 9, 2022
In many cases, it appeared that a post from one user would get shared by a friend into his or her network, where it would be brigaded by strangers.
From New York Times • Nov. 24, 2020
He calls for civil servants outside London to "be brigaded into local growth teams".
From The Guardian • Nov. 9, 2012
While the idea of civil servants being "brigaded" to march in step to the localist tune is an entertaining notion, it will not liberate the power of local economies.
From The Guardian • Nov. 9, 2012
I was a captain then in a Massachusetts regiment brigaded with other regiments for the work of the North Carolina coast defense, under command of Gen. Benjamin F. Butler.
From Why Lincoln Laughed by Conwell, Russell Herman
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