harass
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The two brothers appeared in court on Wednesday to face charges of using a carriage service to harass or offend.
From BBC • May 21, 2026
A federal judge quashed the subpoenas in March, finding no credible evidence of wrongdoing and writing that the effort appeared designed to harass Powell into resigning.
From Barron's • Apr. 15, 2026
A federal judge last week threw out a pair of subpoenas, ruling they were improper and designed to harass the Fed chair.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 18, 2026
In the complaint, Seitz alleged that Austin, Hernandez and a third man began to bother and harass him outside after the bar closed, “including by repeatedly reaching for the sunglasses resting on” his head.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 27, 2026
They were younger, coarser men who enforced every niggling regulation, whose job was to harass and demoralize us.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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The Autobiography of Malcolm X
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