taunting
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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
It's said that he built the causeway as a bridge to Scotland, in order to fight another giant who was taunting him.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 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
Normally, Verin could be found near Cain, taunting the other Champions.
From "Throne of Glass" by Sarah J. Maas
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
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
Go with your tauntings, go; Neer think to hurt me so; I'll scoff at your disdain.
From Poems Chiefly from Manuscript by John Clare
Gerda rose from the foam where she had been playing serenely impervious to the tauntings of Kay.
From Dangerous Ages by Dame Rose Macaulay
Stay thy chattering chin, And reel the tauntings of thy vain tongue in, Nor tempt me further with thy vaporish boast That I am helpless to combat thee!
From Green Fields and Running Brooks, and Other Poems by James Whitcomb Riley
