taunt
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Other Kyle first began to taunt MacLachlan after he saw himself on a gargantuan billboard for “Dune” in Times Square.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026
The residents cheer and taunt and follow from a safe distance.
From Slate ● Feb. 11, 2026
Then, Anthropic unveiled Super Bowl ads that taunt rival OpenAI.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 6, 2026
One thing's for sure: "You Can't See Me" might be the taunt Cena gives Gunther, but the last fight will be seen and remembered by many.
From BBC ● Dec. 12, 2025
‘You won’t find it in your books,’ my brother would playfully taunt me as he prepared to go to a party by freezing the crest of the wave in his hair with sticky pomade.
From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez
One of the most famous episodes in Homer’s poem finds Odysseus and his men facing the Cyclops Polyphemus in his cave, where their struggle becomes a battle of wits: lies, taunts, a drunken ruse.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026
Winter Miller, a playwright and children’s book author based in Brooklyn, taunts her deceivers in the name of getting people to laugh.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 28, 2026
He turned away after silencing the taunts, cupping his ear to The Kop, who were stunned into silence after his sixth Premier League goal versus Liverpool.
From BBC ● Mar. 15, 2026
“Melania” taunts the viewer and takes glee in the assumption that they can’t do anything about it.
From Salon ● Feb. 1, 2026
First he would do his exercises and run around the ouse, oblivious to the taunts of the hardy peasants looking on.
From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende
That’s why Ham is swift to insist he’s being taunted, even when he’s not.
From Salon ● Jul. 10, 2026
Without a clutch of England stars - rested after their run to the World Cup final in Japan - Saracens' stand-in squad members were taunted by the local fans in the Shed stand.
From BBC ● Jun. 4, 2026
The few protesters taunted the agents, who mostly amused themselves.
From Slate ● May 29, 2026
The Lancers were particularly excited because Champlin taunted them after saving Wednesday’s 4-1 win, leading to shoving and pushing after the game.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 2, 2026
Finally Sam Gardiner grew tired of waiting and taunted his foes by taking on a role of smugness and boasting of his immunity to Wortman’s vengeance.
From "Across Five Aprils" by Irene Hunt
Rather than try to flee, the larger speedboat began circling the inflatable, taunting the four Civil Guard officers aboard.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026
The Wrigley faithful turned up the heat, taunting “Skuuuuubaaaaalll.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026
"I think there was an image on Saturday of a Celtic fan on the pitch with a kid in his arms taunting the Hearts players."
From BBC ● May 18, 2026
Sean Duffy is even taunting Pete Buttigieg about it, in a bout of dreaded intra–transportation secretary violence.
From Slate ● May 5, 2026
The children carried on at full volume, a cacophony of shouting and taunting and weeping.
From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood
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