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
Verb
  • In 2023, two adults harassed a 9-year-old child at an elementary school track meet.
    — Megan Gandy, The Conversation, 1 July 2026
  • The operation, ProPublica found, ensnared innocent residents of the majority-Black city who said they were targeted and harassed because of their race.
    — Topher Sanders, ProPublica, 30 June 2026
Definition of harassed
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  • Watery diarrhea, cramping and bloating can last for weeks, and those stricken with the parasite have reported being camped at their toilet for days.
    — Zoe Sottile, CNN Money, 15 July 2026
  • Despite the heat, fans camped out at Valley Forge National Historical Park.
    — Brittney Melton, NPR, 14 July 2026
Definition of camped
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  • The actor taunted his kids over their expectations of the couples.
    — Leigh Blickley, Entertainment Weekly, 9 July 2026
  • In the Chicago area, officials said three men captured a victim and shot him multiple times in the head and allegedly taunted his mother.
    — Luke Barr, ABC News, 1 July 2026
Definition of taunted
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  • The mission museum and gift shop are housed in the original Convent Wing, once the residential quarters of Franciscan priests and friars.
    — Michael Goldstein, Forbes.com, 11 July 2026
  • Rodriguez said in a May phone interview with the Herald that detainees had been complaining when a guard approached him and told him to walk out of the cage where he and other men were housed.
    — Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 10 July 2026
Definition of housed
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  • Now HeatWorld is reporting that the two have been very concerned with their security lately, particularly after Eugenie was heckled by a man making comments about her father in March.
    — Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 24 June 2026
  • Everyone is mad because fans at a SPORTING EVENT openly heckled a player?
    — Zach Dean OutKick, FOXNews.com, 22 June 2026
Definition of heckled
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  • The biggest games, the greatest stages, have been quartered off by a velvet rope.
    — Marcus Thompson II, New York Times, 13 June 2026
  • This side of deeply roasted, tender sweet potatoes comes quartered and seasoned with GK’s take on togarashi.
    — Kate Kassin, Bon Appetit Magazine, 30 Apr. 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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  • His father also roomed with Smart.
    — Jeff Sentell, AJC.com, 12 June 2026
  • Sat next to each other on the bus, roomed together.
    — Tom Mulherin, Boston Herald, 8 May 2026
Definition of roomed
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