hazing

Example Sentences

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But the objects of his hazing are publicly unfazed.

From Salon • Mar. 19, 2026

In addition to the nonlethal hazing, the department encourages ranchers to hire “range riders,” essentially cowboys, to sleep in the pastures with the cows.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 21, 2025

And for bears that keep snooping around houses or livestock, there are ways of hazing that don’t involve dogs chasing them.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 9, 2025

The best combat the campaigns could muster this lazy end-of-summer week was some mutual hazing about the terms of the long-scheduled Sept. 10 debate on ABC News.

From Slate • Aug. 31, 2024

Sometimes I think high school is one long hazing activity: if you are tough enough to survive this, they’ll let you become an adult.

From "Speak" by Laurie Halse Anderson