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Some blame the rising price of tickets, saying theatergoers feel entitled to misbehave in the same way sports fans feel the price of admission buys them the right to heckle players.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 8, 2026

Passersby who witnessed this altercation began to heckle the police, demanding they take the handcuffs off Smith.

From Salon ● May 13, 2025

The prime minister received another, less-hostile, heckle when a member of the crowd shouted out: "Prime minister, it's not Coca-Cola."

From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2023

Now Israel's minister for police, Itamar Ben-Gvir was on hand to keep order as some 30,000 people took part in the annual event that he used to heckle as an "abomination".

From Reuters ● Jun. 1, 2023

When he told them to leave the pitch, they did so quite cheerfully and went to sit in the stands to heckle everyone else.

From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling

Emotions have run high, there has been jubilation and hugs from winners, some tears from losing candidates, and even a few angry heckles.

From BBC ● May 8, 2026

As has become customary, the hearing was interrupted by protesters bursting into heckles; Rubio quipped that at least he gets bilingual demonstrators.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 15, 2025

Of course, hecklers could submit their heckles via email or interview but not heckle directly at our duly elected president.

From Washington Post ● Feb. 10, 2023

The reason, he said, is that he would expect an order from a group that cheers for the visitor and heckles the home team would be rejected.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 2, 2023

To his left, formed up at right angles, were the representative detachments of the Egyptian army, the 11th Soudanese, with their red heckles in their fezzes, in the front line.

From Khartoum Campaign, 1898 or the Re-Conquest of the Soudan by Bennet Burleigh

Noisy AfD lawmakers who often heckled Merz drew the ire of parliamentary speaker Julia Kloeckner.

From Barron's ● Sep. 9, 2026

In other footage verified by AFP, a reporter with Zee TV was heckled while broadcasting live from a protest in Mumbai.

From Barron's ● Aug. 6, 2026

A woman heckled the mayor just as he was about to speak and accused city leadership of ignoring concerns of Muslim and Palestinian communities.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 21, 2026

Elsewhere on Thursday, angry protesters jeered and heckled Sir Keir Starmer when he visited Golders Green to meet Jewish volunteer organisations and first responders on Thursday.

From BBC ● Apr. 30, 2026

Sure, we’d been heckled a few times, but once that paper goes to print, there’s no turning back.

From "Dumplin'" by Julie Murphy

Since the fall, Charles has faced heckling about his brother during public appearances.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 5, 2026

“These people are crazy, I’m telling you. We’re lucky we have a country with people like this,” he said, over audible heckling about the Epstein files.

From Salon ● Feb. 24, 2026

One federal agent saw the patrollers, turned up his music, and began heckling the group as he rode in.

From Slate ● Oct. 27, 2025

"Things have ramped up since Rory said he wanted to win on US soil. I think the heckling will be 1000%, but not over the line. It will be fun - and firm but fair."

From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2025

"Don't listen to him. He's just heckling you."

From "The Shakespeare Stealer" by Gary L. Blackwood