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harry

[har-ee] / ˈhær i /


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Kounde cleared off the line and Garcia tipped Fernandez's near-post drive away as Espanyol continued to harry Hansi Flick's side.

From Barron's Jan. 3, 2026

Blackthorne is part of a small fleet commissioned by England to find the mysterious and very wealthy island of Japan, and harry any Catholic forces along the way.

From New York Times Feb. 27, 2024

Rangers did slowly begin to assert themselves and pin their opponents back, but they met a side hard-wired to block, harry, do anything to maintain their lead.

From BBC Dec. 15, 2022

“If it was harry who didn’t open the door for Megan it would be breaking news,” tweeted @cryfordaya.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 12, 2022

So the winds drove this wreck over the deep, East Wind and North Wind, then South Wind and West, coursing each in turn to the brutal harry.

From "The Odyssey" by Homer

In the book, she’s a paper-thin virtual idol, whom Wade stalks and harries for attention.

From The Guardian Mar. 28, 2018

He hustles and harries various Chelsea defenders in quick succession as they pass the ball out from the back, no doubt knackering himself out in the process.

From The Guardian Dec. 12, 2017

Nelson harries the French fleet in the Mediterranean.

From BBC Nov. 21, 2014

He harries attacking midfielders, breaks up passes, and clogs space.

From Slate Jun. 17, 2014

Their conscience harries them; nothing is more true; and it is the height of unhappiness.

From Voltaire's Philosophical Dictionary by Voltaire

Johnstone had been harried by Rangers' press, a big theme of the day.

From BBC Sep. 13, 2026

Initially, Joe and Angela don’t look so different from the pictures of couples we’ve seen before: harried and married, dead when they wed.

From Salon Jul. 5, 2026

Patients arrived with gangrenous foot wounds that harried providers elsewhere brushed off as athlete’s foot.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 14, 2026

A key measure of inflation used by the Federal Reserve to set interest rates posted the biggest increase in March in almost three years, marking another major hurdle for a resilient but harried U.S. economy.

From MarketWatch Apr. 30, 2026

There were only a few vendors, and all were engaged in harried negotiations with rebels, lean and sullen and above all bored, jostling and shoving and bilking as a way to pass the time.

From "Endangered" by Eliot Schrefer

PGE would eventually shutter Trojan after decades of regulatory violations, forced shutdowns, construction flaws, costly repairs and constant harrying from antinuclear activist Lloyd Marbet through the state council.

From Salon Aug. 17, 2025

According to a reporter’s intrepid Freedom of Information Act inquiries, enthusiastic pickleball ambassadors are employing the “USA Pickleball tool kit” and harrying local park departments to elbow out their tennis-and-basketball-playing neighbors.

From Slate Dec. 7, 2023

Mainz had defended well up to then, frustrating the visitors with persistent harrying and it looked like Lee Jae-sung’s first-half header was going to be enough to win the game.

From Washington Times Aug. 27, 2023

The weakness of the empires to the north would have been seen as a clear opportunity for the raiders who had long supported themselves by harrying the frontiers.

From Textbooks Apr. 19, 2023

"So long as the harrying is done, what does it matter? No priest could do what I mean to, nor what I ask of you. I have a task that only Dagmer Cleftjaw can accomplish."

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin




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