harassment
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An internal investigation released late Thursday found former Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer allowed harassment of staffers, had an inappropriate relationship with a security aide and used government funds for personal travel.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
“The continued contact and ongoing harassment by Mike Matson must stop,” wrote the person, who declined to confirm their identity.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026
Her activism was not without a backlash - from both men and women - and harassment that could be as vulgar as it was intimidating.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
She’s the centerpiece of “9 to 5,” a movie about unionization and pushing back against workplace sexual harassment.
From Salon ● Aug. 27, 2026
Winnie and Zindzi were under constant police surveillance and intermittent harassment.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
Both have denounced harassments by China towards Philippine vessels conducting the resupply mission.
From Reuters ● Nov. 16, 2023
Between May and November 2022, she added, the number of reported harassments jumped to 14, with no assaults reported.
From Science Magazine ● Apr. 5, 2023
"Comments with personally identifiable information, harassments, or other violations will be removed."
From Salon ● Dec. 27, 2021
“We have heard all the stories … about checkpoints, harassments, difficulties” and are “trying to work through those issues as best we can,” Sherman said at a State Department briefing.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 18, 2021
In the kindlier days it had been one of his redeeming characteristics that he could never dwell long upon his own harassments when another's troubles were brought to him.
From The Price by Francis Lynde
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