catcall
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“Every time I would skate, people would catcall us or yell at us to do a kickflip,” she says.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 18, 2025
Tuberville smiles at what amounts to an Alabama catcall, but he doesn’t engage.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 27, 2020
About 6,000 people jammed the Civic Auditorium to cheer, boo, catcall and heckle.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 2, 2020
While I usually give catcallers a piece of my mind, this didn’t feel like a normal catcall and it just didn’t feel appropriate to go off on him.
From Slate ● Jun. 28, 2018
These were cynical times, but no one risked a catcall.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
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To wit, a man catcalls her as she walks past and she yells, “I object!”
From Salon ● Jul. 6, 2026
The catcalls came after frustrated ticketholders waited for hours in lines that stretched more than two blocks outside Madison Square Garden on Monday due to the intense security restrictions that came with the president's appearance.
From BBC ● Jun. 9, 2026
Seven years after barging into Los Angeles amid a cacophony of catcalls, the Chargers finally figured out how to quiet the doubters, capture the buzz and take a significant bite out of the market.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 24, 2024
When the catcalls and chants rain down on Bregman or Altuve, it’s not because Philadelphia has some special, specific venom toward either of them.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 3, 2022
And there had been the effusion of the post-game ritual, screams and catcalls followed by eager plans for the glorious remainder of Friday night.
From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger
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That’s because unlike her experience with men, a bear has never harassed her, catcalled her, followed her, thrown a bottle at her or otherwise made her feel unsafe.
From Seattle Times ● May 20, 2024
I don't think the show has a goal of getting people excited about being catcalled as we know how frustrating, annoying and dangerous that could be.
From Salon ● Jul. 16, 2023
In Memphis on Saturday, protesters chanting, "Whose streets? Our streets!" angrily catcalled a police car that was monitoring the march, with several making obscene gestures.
From Reuters ● Jan. 28, 2023
"I have never been catcalled, but my friends have been and it isn't very nice," he says.
From BBC ● Jul. 1, 2018
Ladies stood on their chairs and waved their handkerchiefs, while men threw up their hats, danced, and catcalled.
From Booker T. Washington Builder of a Civilization by Emmett J. (Emmett Jay) Scott
Molly Slater-Davison set up women-only run club These Girls Run in 2021, driven by her own struggle to find a welcoming local club and some negative running experiences including catcalling and being followed.
From BBC ● May 2, 2025
Britain’s government said Friday that it was backing legislation to criminalize public sexual harassment, joining a handful of countries that have made specific offenses such as catcalling punishable by law.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 9, 2022
Wolf-whistling, catcalling and staring persistently will be criminalised in England under plans backed by Home Secretary Suella Braverman.
From BBC ● Dec. 9, 2022
Children screaming at the nearby playground, teens catcalling, a heated family argument — all of it is drowned out by the dulcet tones of a song called “Akal” by White Sun.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2022
“Brocklehurst, Mandy” went to Ravenclaw too, but “Brown, Lavender” became the first new Gryffindor, and the table on the far left exploded with cheers; Harry could see Ron’s twin brothers catcalling.
From "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" by J.K. Rowling
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