torturing

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No one cues up Peggy Lee, but the torturing of Jerry West by Jerry West is epic.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026

While the professionals scratch their heads, we can see that his acting out is only a reaction to whatever thing or condition or cosmological prank is torturing him.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 24, 2024

If there is any teachable moment to be gleaned from Lincoln's pig torturing story, it is that humans' attitudes toward animals have improved very, very slowly.

From Salon • Jun. 4, 2023

Last year, Pham sued the Central Intelligence Agency in the same federal court where he is now charged criminally, claiming that the CIA had been torturing him “from the fourth dimension,” court records show.

From Seattle Times • May 17, 2023

Her bony back straight, her fingers swept the keys delicately, then hard, alternately caressing and torturing music from them.

From "We Are the Ants" by Shaun David Hutchinson