taunt
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That felt like a taunt as deindustrialization bled the city out.
From Slate ● Oct. 28, 2026
Your ex-husband’s text, whether genuine or an attempt to taunt you, may have left open a legal avenue.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 27, 2026
As City walked off, they were accompanied by the taunt of "You're going down" from the Kop.
From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2026
Madalon refused to see the old hardware as a taunt.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 28, 2026
His back is mostly to me, so I can't see his face, but I can hear the taunt in his voice.
From "Girl in the Blue Coat" by Monica Hesse
Nearly every week, I pass a colleague in the office who taunts me with four words: “Count of Monte Cristo, Count of Monte Cristo,” as he shakes his head.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026
He would ask advisers how to respond to Trump’s taunts online and generally decided to avoid them entirely.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 3, 2026
“Melania” taunts the viewer and takes glee in the assumption that they can’t do anything about it.
From Salon ● Feb. 1, 2026
Thomas Frank said the "boring Tottenham" taunts from his own club's fans were understandable after they were held to a dour 0-0 draw by Brentford on Thursday.
From Barron's ● Jan. 1, 2026
The girl walked off looking rather hurt, and Harry had to endure Dean’s, Seamus’s, and Ron’s taunts about her all through History of Magic.
From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling
As the Cubans requested time to speak, Waltz taunted them.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026
After being taunted for bringing her toys, Bonnie is embarrassed but determined to get in with the cool group, leaving her toys outside to be returned to the wrong address by a stranger.
From Salon ● Jun. 21, 2026
The few protesters taunted the agents, who mostly amused themselves.
From Slate ● May 29, 2026
While in Japan in 2023, he taunted locals with, among other things, his comments on the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki during the final days of World War Two.
From BBC ● Apr. 15, 2026
"You are cowards who don't want to face a lone knight, that's what you are!" he taunted.
From "Adventures of Don Quixote" by Argentina Palacios
"So, I think for fans, 'Don't bite the hand that feeds you'. If people keep taunting him and don't want him to win, he might end up just walking away and not bothering anymore."
From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026
Earlier in the week, Carney criticized taunting of Canada by U.S. officials, and said it was not constructive toward resolving outstanding trade issues.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026
The Wrigley faithful turned up the heat, taunting “Skuuuuubaaaaalll.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026
Never mind their dozens of targeted social media posts and years of taunting.
From Salon ● Jun. 25, 2026
But here, it was hard to focus when Cain was nearby, taunting and sneering, waiting for her to make one mistake.
From "Throne of Glass" by Sarah J. Maas
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