harassing
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Gen. Dan Caine, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, dismissed the attacks by Iran on ships in the Strait of Hormuz this week as “low harassing fire.”
From The Wall Street Journal • May 9, 2026
Central Command said it used Apache helicopters to sink the Iranian speedboats that were harassing traffic in the strait.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 5, 2026
Joint Chiefs Chair General Dan Caine called the strikes “more low harassing fire right now” while Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said that Iran hasn’t violated the cease-fire deal.
From Barron's • May 5, 2026
That same day, Julie Harding was arrested in Kentucky on suspicion of criminal trespassing, after allegedly harassing her husband’s girlfriend.
From Los Angeles Times • May 4, 2026
Colonel Aureliano Buendía was alive, but apparently he had stopped harassing the government of his country and had joined with the victorious federalism of other republics of the Caribbean.
From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
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