razz
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On Saturday the pair powered through a sustained shower of razz from the grandstands at the Ryder Cup on New York’s Long Island.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2025
When he’s not playing baseball nearby, Kolby Southwood might join the tennis group and razz Matt “Doc” Montana by calling him “Grandpa” and slicing a short ball to make Montana run.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 8, 2022
Balram drives the three to Delhi, where they stay in a luxurious apartment while he stays in the dingy servants’ quarters in the basement along with other drivers who constantly razz him.
From Slate ● Jan. 22, 2021
Roberts liked to razz teammates to draw them into conversation, so he teased Gonzalez about his lack of speed.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2017
But Branwell didn’t want me to run his father down any more than Margaret wanted me to razz The Registrar.
From "Silent To The Bone" by E.L. Konigsburg
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The first time they speak, Elodie razzes him reflexively.
From New York Times ● Jan. 18, 2022
“Everybody razzes each other; you just have to not take yourself too seriously.”
From The New Yorker ● Jun. 16, 2015
Most of the digs are good-humored and he even razzes himself.
From Time ● Sep. 7, 2012
Let us think of the Irish flute in the morn, And the songs of Colum and the songs of Yeats, And forget our jazzes and our razzes and our hates.
From Slate ● Dec. 27, 2011
During rows with the umps, the sign razzes: OH MY, NO!
From Time Magazine Archive
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Politicians, lobbyists, billionaires and movie stars also treat it as a PR opportunity; if they get razzed, they can show us what good sports they are.
From Salon ● Apr. 2, 2025
He has razzed them in conversation, with English those around the club have repeatedly complimented as better than they anticipated.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2024
When she performed “Flowers,” she razzed the seemingly sleepy audience: “Why are you acting like you don’t know this song?”
From New York Times ● Feb. 5, 2024
In the locker room afterward, TV cameras crowded around Forrest’s cubby, and his teammates razzed him.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 12, 2022
Carlos razzed, still on get-back from Shannon being slick and for laughing at my basketball crack.
From "All American Boys" by Jason Reynolds
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We were razzing, “At least this isn’t a tarantula.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 6, 2026
Already, Marisnick said, Barnes had been razzing him about the situation, lightening the mood.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2023
First, Johnson asked Santana pointed questions, streaming all the while, but then he just started razzing him.
From Slate ● Jun. 14, 2023
They grunted and hooted un-self-consciously, razzing one another and shouting encouragements, using nicknames generated by the group.
From New York Times ● Sep. 24, 2022
They're forever razzing me about Steve being so rich.
From "How It Went Down" by Kekla Magoon
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