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heckle

[hek-uhl] / ˈhɛk əl /


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“Tiger With Cubs” depicts a tigress nursing her young under pine trees as magpies heckle them.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 12, 2025

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

From Salon May 13, 2025

Arizona and Arizona State fans once used the term to heckle him, but the taunts had the opposite of their intended effect.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 20, 2025

Last year, Dean found himself the victim of what he has described as "the most brutal heckle ever".

From BBC Feb. 14, 2025

At this point, Perch started to heckle me.

From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover

“Your job as a bench warmer is to come up with the heckles against the other team. I took pride in writing insults to hurl at other 15-year-olds,” Wood recalled in a recent Zoom interview.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 14, 2024

Ms Bennett had previously avoided court - instead trying to enter a guilty plea by email, which the magistrate rejected - and disguised herself with a scarf as she arrived to heckles on Wednesday.

From BBC Apr. 26, 2023

Earlier, when Alabama heard some inappropriate heckles from the Missouri student section — this happened a week after Miles’s arrest — Oats tried to scold the wrong people.

From Washington Post Mar. 1, 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

A couthie wife an' cantie she has been; I maun gie o'er sic rants, an' that's be seen. never heckles me but for my guid; I sall gang sober hame—I will indeed.

From Legends of the North; The Guidman O' Inglismill and The Fairy Bride by Patrick Buchan

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

On Tuesday its students disrupted, heckled and tried to shout down a speech by Homeland Security general counsel James Percival.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 24, 2026

Then a man heckled something but was immediately shouted down.

From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee

In an age of seemingly nonstop spam, that act of rebellion can feel deeply satisfying, like heckling a telemarketer who interrupted dinner.

From The Wall Street Journal May 28, 2026

I was not heckling or mocking, but what followed was immediate — and instructive.

From Salon Dec. 21, 2025

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

There was no harsh greeting or heckling as I entered French class.

From "Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High" by Melba Pattillo Beals




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