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Recent Examples of bullyboy Beijing’s bullyboy tactics were starting to hit uncomfortably close to home. Mark L. Clifford, WSJ, 27 Jan. 2022 Barletta was a friend and former student of George Shultz, then U.S. secretary of state, and suddenly critics of Noriega’s bullyboy rule found a more attentive audience within the Reagan administration. Glenn Garvin, miamiherald, 30 May 2017 The election campaign was, in retrospect, the ultimate Trump display of bullyboy arrogance. Michael D'antonio, CNN, 18 May 2017 Chaffetz’s shtick — bullyboy investigator targeting the right’s bogeymen — worked when Hillary Clinton and/or President Obama were his targets. Jennifer Rubin, The Denver Post, 20 Apr. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bullyboy
Noun
  • Raised in poverty, slugged by an anti-Spanish language teacher, jumped by Anglo bullies, wracked by childhood illnesses, Jesse held dear to his mother’s encouragement to pray often, work hard, and stay positive.
    Richard J. Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 July 2025
  • Envision this: Your daughter is having a heart-to-heart with her Barbie doll about school bullies, family secrets and her deepest fears.
    Cornelia C. Walther, Forbes.com, 4 July 2025
Noun
  • Trump appointed Bondi as attorney general after numerous reports suggested the president wanted a loyalist who would do his bidding and seek retribution against his enemies, after Trump faced pushback in his first term from previous attorneys general like William Barr.
    Alison Durkee, Forbes.com, 12 July 2025
  • Still, fun enemy designs – such as one pictured above based on the Hydnellum peckii (bleeding tooth fungus) – already started to come together.
    Fran Ruiz, Space.com, 12 July 2025
Noun
  • Ultra Man is sort of Lex's thug and is pretty powerful.
    EW.com, EW.com, 19 June 2025
  • This will reveal paid fake thugs posing as protesters becoming violent.
    James Rainey, Los Angeles Times, 11 June 2025

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“Bullyboy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bullyboy. Accessed 15 Jul. 2025.

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