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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

Holding up homemade cards as 'Silent Night' played in the background - emulating a scene from the film 'Love Actually' - Hearn expertly avoided being interrupted, despite Eubank Jr's attempts to heckle him.

From BBC ● Nov. 13, 2025

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

From Salon ● May 29, 2024

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

I used to heckle her about the help problem, but I learned that was not necessarily wise.

From "The Princess Bride" by William Goldman

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

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 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

I teuk mysel weel ower the heckles, but I cudna mak oot 'at I cud a'thegither help it.

From Heather and Snow by George MacDonald

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

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

I tried to defend the play and I was heckled down.

From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright

“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

Instead, they amped up the heckling in a way that may have crossed the line of accepted decorum, even at an event known for being the most raucous party in golf.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 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 haul it down the driveway and around the corner as the old man’s heckling laugh echoes behind us.

From "Dumplin'" by Julie Murphy