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as in heckling
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as in sheltering
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for barracking
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Jeering bluejays and cawing crows break the silence, seemingly heckling my unwelcome presence.—
Thomas Cangelosi,
Hartford Courant,
4 Jan. 2026 -
This behavior often sat on the margins of social acceptability; commentators described the bathers as lewd and unruly, flaunting their bodies and heckling passersby.—
Jacob Beckert,
The Atlantic,
13 Nov. 2025
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The pink and yellow rods showed that the shooter likely fired downward -- through the desks -- toward the sheltering students, Torrez said.—
Peter Charalambous,
ABC News,
9 Jan. 2026
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The hollow stems of plants like bee balm and goldenrod are a good spot for egg laying, so cutting them back reduces safe sheltering spots where females can lay eggs.—
Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
7 Jan. 2026
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Pittsburgh appeared to go three-and-out on its second drive, but Cleveland's Rayshawn Jenkins was called for taunting.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
28 Dec. 2025
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While negligible to his overall earnings, the penalty fits the league’s recent crackdown on celebrations and taunting, as several players were fined earlier this season for similar actions.—
Rowan Fisher-Shotton,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 Nov. 2025
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Dark Renaissance will teach you a great deal about Marlowe’s brilliance and the Elizabethan era—its theater, the aristocracy, the spy craft, and the finer points of drawing and quartering religious dissidents.—
Isaac Butler,
The Atlantic,
3 Nov. 2025
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The closest buck was quartering away to my right, running hard.—
Robert Merchant,
Outdoor Life,
1 Oct. 2025
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Student and faculty critics also accused the university of being too slow to respond to complaints about a rising star astrophysicist, Christian Ott, accused or harassing and discriminating against female graduate students as early as 2012.—
Jaweed Kaleem,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Jan. 2026
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While colectivo members were largely quiet immediately after Maduro’s abduction, some videos released on social media and news outlets have shown men believed to be colectivo members harassing reporters and people in the streets.—
Rebecca Hanson,
The Conversation,
6 Jan. 2026
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When camping in an open environment, select a campsite in a valley, ravine, or low region.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
10 Nov. 2025
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Far fewer people are going camping, a popular activity in the cool fall weather; in some cities, staff are handing out flyers warning picnic-goers not to leave food lying around, NHK reported.—
Jessie Yeung,
CNN Money,
7 Nov. 2025
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The strengths that those same opponents will spend long hours trying to account for — Nix’s pestering speed, a relentless pass-rush that produced a franchise-record 68 sacks, including four of Lance — aren’t changing either.—
Nick Kosmider,
New York Times,
5 Jan. 2026
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No kid brother tagging along, pestering him with questions, pushing up on his social circle.—
Lizzie Lanuza,
StyleCaster,
31 Dec. 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 11 Jan. 2026.
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