taunt
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So was the incident really a warning or a taunt to the local community from hare coursers?
From BBC ● Jul. 25, 2026
The residents cheer and taunt and follow from a safe distance.
From Slate ● Feb. 11, 2026
Then, Anthropic unveiled Super Bowl ads that taunt rival OpenAI.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 6, 2026
Guadagnino makes Hank look so shady that it feels like a taunt: We’re dumb if we trust Hank and doubly dumb if he’s innocent.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2025
“When I tell people how you taunt an old woman, they don’t believe me. ‘
From "When the Sea Turned to Silver" by Grace Lin
One of the most famous episodes in Homer’s poem finds Odysseus and his men facing the Cyclops Polyphemus in his cave, where their struggle becomes a battle of wits: lies, taunts, a drunken ruse.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026
He would ask advisers how to respond to Trump’s taunts online and generally decided to avoid them entirely.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 3, 2026
“Melania” taunts the viewer and takes glee in the assumption that they can’t do anything about it.
From Salon ● Feb. 1, 2026
Thomas Frank said the "boring Tottenham" taunts from his own club's fans were understandable after they were held to a dour 0-0 draw by Brentford on Thursday.
From Barron's ● Jan. 1, 2026
The scent of war even filled our schoolhouse soddie, with boys shoving and shouting in the yard, the girls egging them on with taunts.
From "Worth" by A. LaFaye
That’s why Ham is swift to insist he’s being taunted, even when he’s not.
From Salon ● Jul. 10, 2026
The few protesters taunted the agents, who mostly amused themselves.
From Slate ● May 29, 2026
They allege that despite giving dowry at the time of marriage, they were constantly taunted by the Singhs that the wedding was not according to their "standards" – an accusation Giribala Singh has rejected.
From BBC ● May 21, 2026
The Lancers were particularly excited because Champlin taunted them after saving Wednesday’s 4-1 win, leading to shoving and pushing after the game.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 2, 2026
It must have been just before my talk with him by the pond; a time, I suppose, when Tommy was still coming out of that phase of being teased and taunted.
From "Never Let Me Go" by Kazuo Ishiguro
Neither incidents involved taunting players from the opposing team, and both of those techs have reportedly been rescinded.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 23, 2026
Paul has a history of taunting UFC president White, and the MVP-promoted Rousey v Carano event was positioned as a "takeover" of MMA by boxer Paul.
From BBC ● Jun. 20, 2026
Sean Duffy is even taunting Pete Buttigieg about it, in a bout of dreaded intra–transportation secretary violence.
From Slate ● May 5, 2026
But the phantoms of the past remain, haunting our dreams and taunting us with the comfort of imagined reconciliation, until we wake up and it slips away.
From Salon ● Apr. 24, 2026
Two figures leaped up in silhouette when they heard him and fled into the night with taunting laughter before he could get there.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
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