heckler

Example Sentences

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This framework can have a heckler’s veto problem, since it gives administrators an incentive to amplify protests.

From The Wall Street Journal

"Everyone has a right to peaceful protest, but that must never amount to a heckler's veto, which means shutting down other people's right to speak," she said.

From BBC

There was a reminder before proceedings began that hecklers were not allowed - a nod to the previous time Boris Johnson appeared, when protesters had to be escorted out of the building.

From BBC

Crows cawed from the fields like a gang of hecklers.

From Literature

And the King heard that unhappiness first hand from a heckler in Lichfield this week, who shouted: "How long have you known about Andrew and Epstein?"

From BBC