harassment
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But she has ramped up her public profile in recent months, launching a series of initiatives, including one to help older foster children and another to tackle online harassment.
From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2026
What followed varied by country: street violence and official harassment in some, expulsion and confiscated property in others.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026
In July last year, the 43-year-old from Bedfordshire, whose real name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, pleaded not guilty to two counts of harassment causing fear of violence towards reporters Andrew Young and Jacob Dirnhuber.
From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026
The 43-year-old from Bedfordshire, whose real name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, is charged with two counts of harassment causing fear of violence towards reporters Andrew Young and Jacob Dirnhuber.
From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026
The harassment had taken toll on his father’s face, his hair disheveled, purple crescents under his eyes.
From "The Chocolate War" by Robert Cormier
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She tells the BBC that walking in the street puts her on the edge, after repeated harassments.
From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026
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
The United States and the European Union called for a free and fair election in separate statements, and raised concerns over reports of harassments and intimidation of the opposition and civil society groups.
From Reuters ● Nov. 20, 2022
"Comments with personally identifiable information, harassments, or other violations will be removed."
From Salon ● Dec. 27, 2021
A few years later Thakombau sought relief from the payment of indemnities to foreign powers and from internal harassments by an offer to cede his dominions to Great Britain.
From A Racial Study of the Fijians by Norman E. Gabel
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