barracking

present participle of barrack

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Verb
  • By online standards, though, the wait to bring charges—just a few days—was agonizingly long, and Dhillon complained on X about MAGA supporters heckling her to move faster.
    Quinta Jurecic, The Atlantic, 21 May 2026
  • As the play died down, a female fan decked out in White Sox gear reportedly began mercilessly heckling the 24-year-old outfielder.
    Alejandro Avila OutKick, FOXNews.com, 18 May 2026
Verb
  • San Francisco city officials said the number of homelessness encampments and RV's parked on city streets sheltering the unhoused reached new record lows, Mayor Daniel Lurie's office said Tuesday.
    Tim Fang, CBS News, 9 June 2026
  • Prune Overgrown Plants Long overgrown plants, shrubs, and trees also offer sheltering spots for ticks and keep yards damp and shady, which is just the sort of habitat ticks love.
    Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 June 2026
Verb
  • Afroman published songs and music videos taunting the deputies.
    Andrew Graham May 28, Sacbee.com, 28 May 2026
  • The days of some taunting him when Palace squeezed past Wolverhampton Wanderers earlier this season are in the past.
    Matt Woosnam, New York Times, 25 May 2026
Verb
  • 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
  • The closest buck was quartering away to my right, running hard.
    Robert Merchant, Outdoor Life, 1 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Police accused Andrea Bucci of harassing a 16-year-old youth ice hockey referee over a call during a game in July 2025.
    Ricky Sayer, CBS News, 6 June 2026
  • In a press release last September, the DOJ announced that a 68-year-old Santa Monica man, Gregory John Curcio, was charged with doxing and harassing an ICE lawyer.
    Jeremy Hsu, ArsTechnica, 29 May 2026
Verb
  • When camping in an open environment, select a campsite in a valley, ravine, or low region.
    STAR-TELEGRAM WEATHER BOT, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 June 2026
  • The council plans to discuss the possibility of a permanent no-camping ordinance at its meeting July 21, which could focus less on short-term visitors and more on people experiencing homelessness.
    Jenna Ebbers, Kansas City Star, 3 June 2026
Verb
  • The character, Günter Van Ellis (Ivan Sherry), is seen pestering Oh Father (Daveed Diggs) and Homelander at the White House.
    Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 22 May 2026
  • Fudd played some solid defense early with a quick steal and spent some time pestering Clark.
    Lawrence Dow, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 May 2026
Verb
  • The couple takes in a boarder, Herald Loomis, whose search for his missing wife draws the house into a reckoning with forces — both human and supernatural — that haunt everyone who is rooming there.
    Zak Cheney-Rice, Vulture, 13 May 2026
  • The dispute — fueled by Fleming’s claims about Slusser’s health and academics and Slusser’s allegations about playing and rooming with a biological male — has triggered lawsuits and intense national scrutiny on the program.
    Chantz Martin, FOXNews.com, 17 Dec. 2025
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“Barracking.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/barracking. Accessed 11 Jun. 2026.

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