taunting
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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
For the Chargers, that singsong, taunting “Raiii-derrrs” chant will surely haunt their dreams.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 20, 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
Never mind their dozens of targeted social media posts and years of taunting.
From Salon ● Jun. 25, 2026
It was a cruel maze, with every corner taunting them.
From "When the Sea Turned to Silver" by Grace Lin
His tauntings washed over Kingshaw, they sounded babyish, he didn't care at all what Hooper said.
From "I'm the King of the Castle" by Susan Hill
At many bends of the Sweetwater they paused and made sorties; but the savages fell back, later to close in, sometimes under cover so near that their tauntings could be heard.
From The Covered Wagon by Emerson Hough
The married state, is much like this, O'rewhelm'd with many crosses, Yet must be born, see how it is, With tauntings, toils, and losses.
From The Ten Pleasures of Marriage and the Second Part, The Confession of the New Married Couple by A. Marsh
It was with extreme regret, and frequently with uncontrollable indignation, that I endured the neglect of my husband and the tauntings of the profligate Lyttelton.
From Beaux and Belles of England Mrs. Mary Robinson, Written by Herself, With the lives of the Duchesses of Gordon and Devonshire by Mary Robinson
Gerda rose from the foam where she had been playing serenely impervious to the tauntings of Kay.
From Dangerous Ages by Dame Rose Macaulay
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