troll
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Courtney Love accused Charli of being a troll.
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026
The first is that the wedding itself, scattered with Easter eggs like a mirror ball and a 1970 Chevrolet Chevelle, was engineered expressly to troll the media.
From Salon ● Jul. 9, 2026
In fact, entire Reddit forums and YouTube channels are devoted to what’s called “scambaiting,” the practice of intentionally engaging with scammers to frustrate or troll them.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 28, 2026
The existence of 764 is the product of an era of disenchantment where everyone is a troll looking for clicks.
From Slate ● May 12, 2026
Quickly they hauled the troll out and began shoveling leaves over the place where he had fallen.
From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff
The company tried to report and block the trolls, but they kept popping up with new profiles.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026
Hegseth is also said to be increasingly relying on a secret network of anonymous internet trolls to spread his message.
From Salon ● Aug. 29, 2026
Katseye, who share a label with Le Sserafim, say the senior band helped when they encountered their own internet trolls.
From BBC ● Jun. 4, 2026
The latest model had a tendency to mention other creatures as well: raccoons, trolls, ogres and pigeons, to be specific.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 1, 2026
The trolls all huddled tight around me, sniffing.
From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff
For two years, Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson oversaw work on a documentary about a hip-hop rival he has personally trolled on the internet for even longer.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 14, 2025
The DHS official social media account then trolled Bryan with a video dehumanizing migrants set to his song “Revival.”
From Salon ● Oct. 8, 2025
Rapper 50 Cent — who has trolled Combs on social media since disturbing allegations against the Bad Boy Records founder first surfaced in late 2023 — offered a less formal take on the verdict.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 2, 2025
Influencer Carly Rowena also found herself being trolled on the platform after her young son was taken to hospital.
From BBC ● Jun. 21, 2025
We trolled up the lake beyond Stresa and then down not far from shore.
From "A Farewell To Arms" by Ernest Hemingway
Nine days after the Negra Francisca sank, another Ecuadorean fishing boat was trolling the fertile fishing grounds off the Galapagos.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 15, 2026
Other analysts say the AI messaging could seek to rally his support base and campaign through trolling.
From Barron's ● Jun. 8, 2026
The problem, cybersecurity researchers say, is that your trolling may be giving the scammer exactly what they want.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 28, 2026
But this did not stop some from speculating as to whether the platform was "trolling" its users.
From BBC ● May 8, 2026
So, it’s technically possible that someone’s trolling me.
From "What If It's Us" by Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera
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