harassed
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When she is out and about in public, she says she is regularly harassed because of them.
From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026
"We have not been harmed or harassed, but there is a general feeling of anxiety. That's natural during wartime," he told AFP at Kuwait City's gold market.
From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 2026
The Liuzzo family was harassed for their mother’s activism even after her death, but the event galvanized activists all over the country, becoming one impetus for Congress to finally pass the landmark 1965 legislation.
From Slate ● Jul. 27, 2026
A Chilean rescue group that made it into Venezuela, the paper said, has been “repeatedly” harassed by authorities for “documentation on suspicion that they were spies.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 5, 2026
When they went foraging in the woods, Powhatans often harassed them, and coexistence between the two groups was uneasy.
From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
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