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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

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

After the press conference ended, they continued to follow and heckle De Niro.

From Salon ● May 29, 2024

"If someone heckles me, I can heckle them back... always politely though."

From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2023

“But what if I want to heckle Nick?”

From "Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda" by Becky Albertalli

Lownie thinks there could be heckles or protests along the way about Epstein, but the King has the capacity to reach out to the US public and to revive a deeper partnership.

From BBC ● Apr. 24, 2026

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

A crowd has gathered to cheer the bullfighters, but when a particularly famous one passes by, a man heckles him, barking that he’s nothing compared with the matadors that the city of Córdoba has produced.

From New York Times ● May 3, 2022

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

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi was heckled at a World War II memorial event by protesters angry about Tokyo's further shift away from its decades-long pacifist stance, television footage showed.

From Barron's ● Jun. 24, 2026

The prime minister has been heckled during a visit to Golders Green, the north London suburb where two Jewish men were stabbed on Wednesday.

From BBC ● Apr. 30, 2026

While the Met Police chief spoke, he was heckled by bystanders, who shouted "shame on you" and "you've failed", and called for his resignation.

From BBC ● Apr. 29, 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

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

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

He even managed to get a rise out of mild-mannered Presiding Officer Alison Johnstone, who recently kicked him out of the chamber for heckling.

From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2025

A custodian who later worked under him recalled, “The Warden was strict with the inmates but would never stand for any mistreatment or heckling of them.”

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann