harries

Definition of harriesnext
present tense third-person singular of harry
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  • Benedict and Sophie meet again in the countryside when Sophie protects a fellow maid after a group of Benedict’s acquaintances harasses her.
    Monica Mercuri, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026
  • The report includes a screenshot that appears to show Accurso engaging with a comment from an Instagram account that frequently praises Hamas and harasses Jews.
    Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 22 Jan. 2026
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  • Critics contend the industry plunders distressed companies, leading to downsizing and cost-cutting that hurts local communities, though other research has pushed back on that reputation.
    Ben Paviour, Sacbee.com, 28 Mar. 2026
  • By delegitimizing the Islamic Republic as an occupying force—one that plunders national wealth to subsidize regional proxies—the opposition has effectively subverted the regime’s nationalist rhetoric.
    Karim Sadjadpour, The Atlantic, 10 Jan. 2026
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  • And Vance berates Democrats in a visit to Minneapolis.
    Kayla Hayempour, NBC news, 23 Jan. 2026
  • Cast members performed on The Tonight Show and in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade and made a surprise appearance on Saturday Night Live, in a sketch in which host Bad Bunny berates his friends for failing to grasp the movie’s brilliance.
    Eliza Berman, Time, 9 Dec. 2025
Verb
  • Greenhouses provide protection from scourges like tomato blight, which ravages otherwise beautiful crops in areas with cool, rainy weather.
    Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Kansas City Star, 1 Apr. 2026
  • Over time, toxins accumulate, and the genetic disorder ravages children’s organs, including their heart — and in many cases, their brain, leading to dementia-like symptoms.
    Elizabeth Chuck, NBC news, 1 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • This cross-partisan skit is refreshing and the only people who might hate it are Cuomo supporters and maybe some woke scolds.
    Andrew Stanton, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Mar. 2026
  • On our hike, Jessie Krebs scolds her boots for sliding on a slick, house-size boulder.
    Andrew McKean, Outdoor Life, 19 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • Israel blames Hamas for the scale of the destruction in Gaza, saying the group hides behind civilians, uses civil infrastructure for military purposes, and loots humanitarian aid intended for ordinary Gazans.
    Shane Croucher, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • As an example, Vance called out an essay in The Nation that assails Kirk’s views on women, homosexuality, and affirmative action.
    Jonathan Blitzer, New Yorker, 20 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • For those who know the play well, some of Mantello’s choices are most striking, especially the horror here of the famous hotel-room scene with a tawdry lover (brutally played by Katherine Romans), an act born of loneliness that destroys a father’s relationship with his son forever.
    Chris Jones, New York Daily News, 10 Apr. 2026
  • Alzheimer’s disease, a brain disorder that slowly destroys memory and thinking skills, affects more than 6 million Americans, most of them age 65 or older.
    Khloe Quill, FOXNews.com, 9 Apr. 2026
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“Harries.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/harries. Accessed 24 Apr. 2026.

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