as in bullying
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as in intimidating
to make timid or fearful by or as if by threats
one of those gatherings at which high-pressure sales reps try to bulldoze naive people into buying time-shares
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Then there’s Prince William’s recent decision to hire the aide who accused Meghan Markle of bullying, a decision that was reportedly deliberate to make his brother mad.—
Lissete Lanuza Sáenz,
StyleCaster,
28 Apr. 2025 -
In 2020, Webb was sued in a federal lawsuit as one of three defendants accused in a bullying incident in 2018 at Oxford (Ala.) High School.—
RJ Kraft,
New York Times,
27 Apr. 2025
Verb
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With the MacBook Air launching earlier than the iPhone SE and ahead of the next Apple Intelligence update, this points to a press release launch and Apple pushing its consumer laptops further into the background.—
Ewan Spence,
Forbes,
24 Dec. 2024
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That presents some planning opportunities, including possibly pushing some SALT payments into 2026.—
Kelly Phillips Erb,
Forbes,
24 Dec. 2024
Verb
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Relapse is alluring, Bart is intimidating, and Son is mysterious.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
14 Mar. 2025
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While the market’s recent volatility can be intimidating, experts generally recommend investors focus on their long-term goals.—
Ana Teresa Solá,
CNBC,
14 Mar. 2025
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The Trump Factor Cost-of-living pressures and concerns about Trump's volatile trade and other policies had been among the top issues on voters' minds, opinion polls showed.—
Kirsty Needham,
USA Today,
4 May 2025
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If the Caps’ defensive depth isn’t up to their regular-season levels, the pressure is on Logan Thompson to raise his game.—
The Athletic NHL,
New York Times,
3 May 2025
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Mixing pop and politics Soft power refers to a country’s ability to influence others, not through coercion but through attraction – by shaping preferences through culture, values and public diplomacy.—
Shaoyu Yuan,
The Conversation,
23 Apr. 2025
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The two scholars maintain there is no evidence of coercion here.—
Nina Totenberg,
NPR,
22 Apr. 2025
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Detecting their acoustic signatures, the Sentry nodes can process the information, identify the threat, and recommend a course of action to the human commander, who can authorize a swarm of AUVs to engage the hostile with a barrage of small but deadly torpedoes.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
26 Apr. 2025
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For the moment, this means the U.S. Department of Education cannot make good on its threat to punish noncompliant districts by withholding vital federal funding, including dollars that help K-12 schools serve low-income students and children with disabilities.—
Cory Turner,
NPR,
26 Apr. 2025
Noun
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As a result, the movie advances with an innate sense of gravity, of fracturing menace looming beneath the order and charm of modern lives.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
28 Apr. 2025
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Brimming with boundless enthusiasm, White hit hard and fast, channeling a riveting blend of strident rawness and knife-edge menace that echoed a host of the rough-and-tumble blues predecessors who inspired him.—
Bob Gendron,
Chicago Tribune,
11 Apr. 2025
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In terms of violence, it's got plenty of gunfight and action scenes, plus one somewhat main character gets shot in the face early in the movie.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
3 May 2025
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Flores pleaded guilty last year to charges of assault on a federal officer with a deadly or dangerous weapon, brandishing a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence and engaging in the business of dealing firearms without a license.—
City News Service,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
2 May 2025
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“Bulldozing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bulldozing. Accessed 6 May. 2025.
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