needled

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Mr. Ireland indicates the uneven power dynamics involved when Leigh, though squirming at the idea, is needled into answering the same repulsive question, settling on Margaret Thatcher.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026

During the July 2025 interview, there were some tense moments: Owens needled Fuentes over why he hadn’t married and started a family.

From Salon • Jan. 2, 2026

During the session in 2017, he needled Rex Tillerson - urging him to describe Russian President Vladimir Putin as a war criminal which Tillerson refused to do.

From BBC • Jan. 13, 2025

Washington artists used mind-bending jazz experimentations to question deep-seated social and economic systems, and needled billionaire tech villains through hummable punk bops.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 23, 2023

The spruce tree is densely limbed and needled, but what Alice doesn’t know is that a goshawk can maneuver a maze.

From "On the Far Side of the Mountain" by Jean Craighead George