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bully

[bool-ee] / ˈbʊl i /




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The state superintendent also typically takes advantage of the bully pulpit on education issues.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2026

School districts have been implementing phone bans because of classroom distraction as well as students using them to film fights, spread gossip and bully one another.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 30, 2026

The family of 19-year-old Morgan Dorsett, who was killed by an XL bully after the ban came in, have called for tougher legislation.

From BBC • May 29, 2026

Drake’s always been a bully, throwing stones from his frigid fortress of solitude and hiding his hand in a diamond-encrusted glove he won at auction.

From Salon • May 21, 2026

I’ve thought of Bernard as a bully for so long, it’s hard to think of him any other way.

From "A Good Kind of Trouble" by Lisa Moore Ramée




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