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bully

[bool-ee] / ˈbʊl i /




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Unlike governor, these positions typically have very specific duties, and with the exception of attorney general, rarely come with a bully pulpit.

From Los Angeles Times • May 31, 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 XL bully ban came into force in England and Wales in February 2024 to help reduce the number of people injured by dogs.

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

There was no fondness in the ranks for the dead, power-hungry bully.

From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques




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