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heckle

[hek-uhl] / ˈhɛk əl /


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“And even more romantically, Celmins is unimpressed by our need to fetishize and claim her. She might even heckle me for trying.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 8, 2026

As she makes her way up the stairs, McHenry gives the middle finger and blows kisses to the crowd as some people heckle and throw towels at her.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026

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

The Glaswegian looked so discombobulated by the heckle that another audience member asked him if he was okay.

From BBC ● Feb. 14, 2025

I want to get there early to claim a seat in the front, where I can heckle Simon and Nick.

From "Leah on the Offbeat" by Becky Albertalli

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

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

He heckles down the echoing curb, A step that neither hopes nor hates Ever disturb.

From Behind the Arras A Book of the Unseen by Thomas Buford Meteyard

He gets heckled a lot, even amid ostensibly friendly crowds.

From Slate ● Oct. 23, 2026

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

From Barron's ● Sep. 9, 2026

He once heckled Anne Sexton at a poetry reading.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 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

Then a man heckled something but was immediately shouted down.

From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee

Ralph Kaplowitz, a member of the 1946 Knicks, recalled opposing fans heckling Jewish players: “Abe, throw it to Abe.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 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

“We got a lot to talk about and not much time, as usual, so gather round and keep the heckling to a minimum.”

From "Dactyl Hill Squad" by Daniel José Older


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