bully
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“Yes, Starlink may bully its way into mobility, but it would take years to acquire and clear the right spectrum,” he wrote.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 25, 2026
“I did not intimidate, threaten, or bully Sandy into making any statements,” she wrote.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 25, 2026
She demonstrated her leadership during Thursday’s practice as well as some bully ball inside.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 16, 2026
Strict rules about owning XL bully dogs were introduced across the UK in March 2025.
From BBC ● Jul. 1, 2026
What distinguished Gotham was that their leaders flew out from New York to San Jose and tried to bully Burry into giving them back the $100 million they had invested with him.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
In a statement published in the Virginian-Pilot, Truelove said he drove to Granby High School in Norfolk because he thought bullies were threatening the school.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026
Inappropriate comments or messages are filtered out and cyber bullies are blocked.
From BBC ● Jun. 16, 2026
Though safe from the camera bullies, Patel’s classmate didn’t eat in front of anyone again until this school year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 30, 2026
Unified could have — or should have — done more to protect her from campus bullies.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 19, 2026
The next day one of the bullies had left Brookland, and the other two had never troubled anyone again.
From "Stormbreaker" by Anthony Horowitz
He was bullied as a child and coddled by his mother, but never received the unconditional love he craved.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026
"It is a stain on our history. Mothers, many young, vulnerable and without support were coerced, bullied or misled into feeling that they had no choice but to have their children taken away from them."
From Barron's ● Jul. 2, 2026
Jean's three sons gave evidence at the start of the trial on Tuesday, where one claimed she had been "bullied" by the man after ending their relationship.
From BBC ● Jun. 30, 2026
“Instead of actually listening to us and providing evidence of studies or environmental impact statements, we just get called names and bullied and defamed on national television.”
From Salon ● Jun. 12, 2026
He felt intense pressure to show the Soviet leader that he was smart and tough, that he could not be bullied.
From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin
There is a line when desperation turns into bullying.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 28, 2026
Later, he said the bullying he experienced there might have caused his “behavior difficulties.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026
Last year, he said, it surfaced a surge in teenagers talking about bullying, so he built a lesson around it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2026
She said the effective response to bullying behaviour was not necessarily to "punish" someone.
From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026
Penelope replied: “He is no fool; he sees how it could be. Never were mortal men like these for bullying and brainless arrogance!”
From "The Odyssey" by Homer
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