bully
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The irony, however: That bully wasn’t completely off base.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
“Starlink may bully its way into mobility, but it would take years to acquire and clear the right spectrum,” Wolfe’s Peter Supino wrote in a note to clients titled “Starlink Shmarlink!”
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 23, 2026
The charity boss said there had also been a 4,500% increase in larger dogs associated with the XL bully - such as the Cane Corso and Presa Canario.
From BBC ● Jul. 1, 2026
“It’s always been our tradition. We’ve always stuck a flag out in front of our home and it will always be that way. These people aren’t going to bully me.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2026
Mere seconds later, there wasn’t a trace left of any of the bully whatnots.
From "The School for Whatnots" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
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“I’m a hundred percent sure there are some bullies still there,” he said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026
“It is infectious to play a character who sees the best in people and isn’t mad at the world for all its foibles and bullies and shadows,” Sudeikis recently told the Hollywood Reporter.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 31, 2026
A friend of the 15-year-old suspect, who spoke to the BBC on condition of anonymity, described the boy as uptight, who got into fights with his bullies because he refused to let insults pass.
From BBC ● Jun. 24, 2026
Inappropriate comments or messages are filtered out and cyber bullies are blocked.
From BBC ● Jun. 16, 2026
At first, Max thought they were just more whatnot bullies.
From "The School for Whatnots" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
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Prime Minister Andy Burnham defended his government's decision, telling MPs that "Britain has to stand for fairness against injustice. Where people are being bullied out of their homes... we will always stand with the underdog."
From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026
In Mr. Harris’s telling, long before Augustus came to rule vast swaths of the earth, he was a sickly boy named Octavius, bullied by schoolmates until the far-stronger Agrippa became his protector.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
Already being bullied and questioning her identity, she hid the fact she was sharing two rooms with six other family members for almost two years.
From BBC ● Aug. 23, 2026
Officials said earlier he faced academic-related stress and a classmate said he was bullied.
From Barron's ● Aug. 9, 2026
It’s not like Zeke and the others were picked on especially by all these others, or bullied.
From "Chronicles of a Lizard Nobody" by Patrick Ness
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Australia implemented legislation barring children from social media platforms in December, part of a world-first crackdown designed to protect children from online bullying and "predatory algorithms".
From Barron's ● Sep. 7, 2026
Phones, as a portal to social media, have been linked to a variety of problems in school including fights, bullying and declining academic performance.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 29, 2026
Many are worried that social media continues to increase the risks of depression, anxiety, eating disorders, bullying and other harms.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026
She wrote a number of books, including ones about her life on tour, cookbooks and children’s books about her life and about the dangers of bullying.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 28, 2026
Didn’t this look as though Malfoy had more important things on his mind than bullying younger students?
From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling
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