harassed

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In a letter, he said he had resigned as Durham Reform's group whip weeks ago and this had led to him being bullied and harassed.

From BBC • May 16, 2026

As the newly elected mayor of Anaheim in 1978, he angered the city’s Police Department by suggesting the creation of a citizens oversight commission after residents complained that officers regularly harassed and beat them.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 29, 2026

The actress plays an outdoors-loving adrenaline junkie harassed by a group of hunters in director Baltasar Kormákur’s spectacular, unsettling film.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026

Mills told reporters Tuesday he has never sexually harassed his staff, that he’s not under indictment, and that “it was essentially just something where it was a bad breakup.”

From Slate • Apr. 16, 2026

When you go shopping alone at a nice store, do you worry that you will be followed or harassed?

From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie