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as in heckling
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as in sheltering
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Actress and comedian Heather McMahan stepped down as emcee for the Ryder Cup after she was heard heckling and cursing at golfers during the championship game over the weekend.—
Brittney Melton,
NPR,
29 Sep. 2025 -
The Bethpage crowd had been brutal, heckling players throughout the weekend.—
Devlina Sarkar,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 Sep. 2025
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Turkey has been accused of sheltering Hamas members in the country.—
Efrat Lachter,
FOXNews.com,
30 Sep. 2025
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Israel has for years claimed that Hamas fighters are sheltering in hospitals and other civilian places to avoid Israeli attacks.—
Christina Macfarlane,
CNN Money,
26 Sep. 2025
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The ladies began going back and forth, taunting one another with ghost writer claims and star power.—
DeMicia Inman,
VIBE.com,
3 Oct. 2025
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Taylor knows that even after all this battle, Olivia still loves her idol’s music — taunting her with her complicated devotion.—
Zach Schiffman,
Vulture,
3 Oct. 2025
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LeMessurier also realized his engineers had miscalculated how much stress would be offset by the building’s weight during quartering winds.—
Oscar Holland,
CNN Money,
15 Aug. 2025
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Working closely with schools, says Mosseri, can help the platform handle issues that may fly under the radar, such as a user who isn't overtly harassing another.—
Anna Halkidis,
Parents,
26 Sep. 2025
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One such company was ordered to pay over $8 million for harassing people into paying fake debts.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
24 Sep. 2025
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When camping in an open environment, select a campsite in a valley, ravine, or low region.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
3 Oct. 2025
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The Maricopa County Sheriff's Office said there was no evidence that the man accused of killing two Arcadia High School teens camping northeast of Phoenix in May had a prior relationship with either of them.—
Perry Vandell,
AZCentral.com,
3 Oct. 2025
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No kid brother tagging along, pestering him with questions, pushing up on his social circle.—
Janine Henni,
PEOPLE,
8 Sep. 2025
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Taylor, a fluid 6-foot-5, is already the Jets’ second-best receiver and plays with a quarterback, Justin Fields, who is prone to targeting tight ends — fifth-highest tight end target rate since 2021, and Cole Kmet had a career-high 719 yards with Fields as his quarterback in 2023.—
Jacob Robinson,
New York Times,
6 Sep. 2025
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“Barracking.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/barracking. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.
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