as in to peck (at)
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The show pushes back at the gloomy narrative that has dogged San Francisco for the past five or ten years.—
Winston Ross,
Forbes.com,
30 May 2026 -
No bins or baskets, just raw-dogging it up there (for lack of a better phrase).—
Tessa Petak,
InStyle,
30 May 2026
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By contrast, Trump is being needled almost weekly by Tillis and other GOP senators whose chattiness with the press has drawn the ire of the president.—
David Sivak,
The Washington Examiner,
31 May 2026
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The Velvet Gang needles the outraged Christie ever so.—
Randy Myers,
Mercury News,
19 May 2026
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While giving users information on how to conduct harmful activities could be concerning, the more worrying part is how the chatbots can egg users on, said Samuel Hunter, senior scientist and director of academic research at NCITE.—
Huo Jingnan,
NPR,
31 May 2026
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The incident began May 25, 2025, when three Hillsdale High School teenaged boys egged Miceli’s house, two days after pouring oil on his front porch, prosecutors said.—
Caelyn Pender,
Mercury News,
13 May 2026
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“Carp (at).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/carp%20%28at%29. Accessed 6 Jun. 2026.
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