barracked

verb

past tense of barrack
1
as in harassed

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2
as in billeted

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  1. harassed
  2. camped
  3. taunted
  4. housed
  5. heckled
  6. quartered
  7. ragged
  8. roomed
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  • Yet against Texas, the Gators stopped the Longhorns twice on fourth down, repeatedly harassed Manning and held the Texas offense under 300 total yards.
    — Mike Bianchi, The Orlando Sentinel, 17 Oct. 2026
  • The horrifying filing details how bullies harassed her with Nazi salutes, slurs, and brutal violence following the October 7 massacre.
    — Staff, FOXNews.com, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of harassed
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  • George, Louise and her kids camped in Garden of the Gods, at Shawnee National Forest.
    — Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune, 18 Oct. 2026
  • To make this documentary, Fielder, Oppenheim, and their crew camped out with Holmes, her partner Billy Evans, and their two small children, observing their lives up-close—or as up-close as possible.
    — Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 16 Oct. 2026
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  • More recently, Vega helped fund Diego Marcon’s Krapfen (2025), a film in which a child is taunted by invisible beings that sing and dance.
    — Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 22 Oct. 2026
  • The woman, who also reported it to the league, alleged that Jackson refused to delete the video and taunted her with it.
    — Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2026
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  • The group has organized several listening events, at venues from the Museum of Old and New Art in Tasmania to the Angel Orensanz Center, housed in a 175-year-old former synagogue in New York.
    — Brian Boucher, ARTnews.com, 24 Oct. 2026
  • Check into Trevarefabrikken, a photogenic boutique hotel and cultural hub in a mossy-yellow building that once housed a cod liver oil factory.
    — Arati Menon, Condé Nast Traveler, 24 Oct. 2026
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  • Marshall was heckled and repeatedly interrupted during the first Senate debate in September as boisterous audience members at the Kansas State Fairgrounds made their preference for Hamilton clear.
    — Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 22 Oct. 2026
  • When Cortez arrived at City Hall on Wednesday, she was heckled by protesters who made comments about her salary.
    — Tim Fang, CBS News, 16 Oct. 2026
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  • One of the animals had been fully skinned while the other had been quartered.
    — Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 27 Sep. 2026
  • The biggest games, the greatest stages, have been quartered off by a velvet rope.
    — Marcus Thompson II, New York Times, 13 June 2026
Definition of quartered
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  • On that night in March, to the surprise of nobody, Arsenal ran their mid-table Premier League hosts ragged, beating them 5-1, with Henry and Freddie Ljungberg scoring twice, and Kolo Toure netting the other.
    — Dan Sheldon, New York Times, 11 Jan. 2026
Definition of ragged
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  • One thread follows her bond with Gaby (Soo), who roomed with her in college, through a falling-out and, eventually, a reconciliation.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 15 Oct. 2026
  • His father also roomed with Smart.
    — Jeff Sentell, AJC.com, 12 June 2026
Definition of roomed
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