harassed

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In a letter, he said he had resigned as Durham Reform's group whip weeks ago and this had led to him being bullied and harassed.

From BBC • May 16, 2026

The actress plays an outdoors-loving adrenaline junkie harassed by a group of hunters in director Baltasar Kormákur’s spectacular, unsettling film.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026

Mills told reporters Tuesday he has never sexually harassed his staff, that he’s not under indictment, and that “it was essentially just something where it was a bad breakup.”

From Slate • Apr. 16, 2026

“A hostile work environment under Title VII is one where we are being harassed so severely or pervasively as to alter our conditions of employment,” the letter said.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 17, 2026

“If they were still being harassed, why didn't they complain?”

From "The Lions of Little Rock" by Kristin Levine