troll
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Courtney Love accused Charli of being a troll.
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026
One surefire way to annoy a troll is to call their efforts for attention an “obsession.”
From Salon ● Jun. 25, 2026
Some judges call it a copyright troll that makes millions by threatening to out those who download its films.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 18, 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
Woo scampers up to the troll holding Autumn and starts throwing tiny punches at his ankle—but Autumn’s captor doesn’t even seem to feel it.
From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer
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While the upstairs business has brought in tens of thousands of new customers, it has also attracted trolls trying to shut JapanLA down.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026
One can, on the internet, even encounter trolls akin to the golem versions of real people that we see in the film.
From Salon ● Jun. 8, 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
Bruno took a step back and whimpered, mumbling, “Trolls, filthy trolls, cursed trolls.”
From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff
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Alongside the support, Dipke and the campaign were fiercely trolled by government supporters.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
After last week’s debate, there was lots of social media posturing about who won and who trolled whom the best.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 28, 2026
“They trolled some pretty big names in our popular culture and in the business world,” Krim said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 9, 2026
The DHS official social media account then trolled Bryan with a video dehumanizing migrants set to his song “Revival.”
From Salon ● Oct. 8, 2025
Ted rolled down his window and trolled along beside me.
From "Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet" by Joanne Proulx
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Akhter has faced online trolling since the video took off.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 2026
Other analysts say the AI messaging could seek to rally his support base and campaign through trolling.
From Barron's ● Jun. 8, 2026
You could say that it’s great that Dylan has prompted these larger public discussions about artificial intelligence and large language models, or you could think that Bob is trolling people simply because he can.
From Salon ● May 12, 2026
Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf, Iran’s pugnacious parliament speaker, continued his now-daily trolling of the Trump administration, posting a picture depicting the smoking wreckage of what appeared to be two planes and two helicopters.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 5, 2026
Each day Otto hired the Estrellita, a deep-sea-fishing craft, and the four friends went trolling along the coast.
From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote
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