troll
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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
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
It may sound fun to troll those text scammers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 30, 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
Mard, the girl troll, handed me a cup of what looked like steaming mud, or something worse.
From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff
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You must be prepared to stridently defend it to the trolls.
From Slate ● Oct. 15, 2026
Jay Slater's mum 'accused of his murder by trolls'
From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026
“Now, they are the trolls of global commerce.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026
Rivadeneira said she even scrubbed her personal social media accounts of photos of her young daughter after trolls began attacking loved ones.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026
The trolls dragged my limp body farther into the trees until we reached a small clearing where there was a large fire and even more trolls sitting around it.
From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff
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True to his provocative reputation, he recently trolled an OpenAI executive on social media after she accidentally plugged Meta’s new app in a television appearance.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026
"Serious political messaging, packaged as reels, can still be trolled."
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 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 string of cars trolled up Water Street through a bright spring day.
From "Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet" by Joanne Proulx
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As crowded as the deck was, ours was missing the one bit of fishing kit it needed most: the optional Minn Kota trolling motor.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2026
They square the circle of Swift masterminding a full-scale trolling of media and fans while simultaneously hosting a cotton-candy celebrity circus.
From Salon ● Jul. 9, 2026
They square the circle of Swift masterminding a full-scale trolling of media and fans while simultaneously hosting a cotton-candy celebrity circus where an awkward wallflower finally, triumphantly blooms.
From Salon ● Jul. 9, 2026
South Africans on social media were robust in their response to the trolling.
From BBC ● Jun. 12, 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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