bully
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His father, less a bully but now a user, had wheedled his way onto the set of “Rocky” and embarrassed him.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
Alison Thornton, who plays chief bully Chris Hargensen, says social media "is kind of a villain in the show".
From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026
She spoke negatively of that experience and called her co-star a bully in her memoir, released earlier this year.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026
The bond market has always been able to bully small countries that depend on external financing.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 29, 2026
He’s just a bully, and she’s a doormat.
From "Please Ignore Vera Dietz" by A.S. King
Controlling and narcissistic bullies never, or rarely, want to let go.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 27, 2026
Explaining his experiences of learning to stand up to bullies while growing up, he added: "It shouldn't define you. I just happen to have CP."
From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026
What about the team with the best record in the American League: the Tampa Bay Rays, who beat up on big-market bullies in the New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox?
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2026
“I’m a hundred percent sure there are some bullies still there,” he said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026
Or parachutes, in a world that is otherwise full of snakes, and leopards, and Committee men, tornadoes, bullies, and death.
From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri
King had a complicated view of his character, based on two bullied girls he grew up with in Maine.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026
It moves the familiar story about a bullied, sheltered teenage girl to the present.
From Salon ● Oct. 30, 2026
The iPhone maker for years bullied flash-storage makers into steep discounts—until AI hyperscalers bid up prices and gobbled up supply.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026
Family members said they believe Xavier was bullied and see it as a significant problem at Franklin.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026
“I’m sorry you were bullied at school,” he said.
From "Stormbreaker" by Anthony Horowitz
The bullying is both more insidious and more soberingly recognizable.
From Salon ● Oct. 30, 2026
It comes as the Independent Expert Panel published a report, external requiring Tony Vaughan to apologise for breaching Parliament's bullying and harassment policy.
From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026
It means anti-Jewish hatred will be treated as a specific safeguarding risk rather than being dealt with through existing measures to stop racism and bullying.
From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2026
They will also be held directly responsible for protecting under-18s from pornography, online bullying, content that glorifies crime, and content that encourages eating disorders.
From Barron's ● Oct. 15, 2026
Though Robinson owned her own car and rarely rode the city bus, the memory of the driver’s bullying behavior and how humiliated she had felt wouldn’t go away.
From "Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice" by Phillip Hoose
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