hounded

Example Sentences

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Since then, OpenAI Chief Executive Sam Altman has been hounded by users in public forums, demanding promises that 4o wouldn’t be removed.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 10, 2026

Stokes, whose side has been hounded by the media in Australia and come under enormous pressure back home, added that there was no room for complacency and it had been made clear to the players.

From Barron's • Jan. 3, 2026

Sir Ed welcomed the announcement but warned "many carers face many more months of being hounded, with changes not due to come into force for another year".

From BBC • Nov. 25, 2025

She was trapped in a country not her own and hounded by police who were suspicious of her loyalty because she refused to renounce her American citizenship.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 21, 2025

Even the distant clomp of a horse’s hooves sent me running like a hounded rabbit.

From "Worth" by A. LaFaye