harrying 1 of 2

as in harassment
the act of making unwelcome intrusions upon another to be spared from the relentless harrying of telemarketers, she stopped answering the phone

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harrying

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verb

present participle of harry

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Noun
  • For the better part of the 2010s, Twitter struggled to balance a desire for free-speech maximalism with scattershot attempts to quell harassment on the platform.
    Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Bukele had been waging a harassment campaign against El Faro, which had aggressively covered corruption in his government.
    T. Christian Miller, ProPublica, 30 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • They were ambushed, and Pauline was killed by stray gunfire from marauding mobsters hell-bent on killing Buford.
    Kirsten Fiscus, The Tennessean, 9 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Working closely with schools, says Mosseri, can help the platform handle issues that may fly under the radar, such as a user who isn't overtly harassing another.
    Anna Halkidis, Parents, 26 Sep. 2025
  • One such company was ordered to pay over $8 million for harassing people into paying fake debts.
    Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 24 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • While plundering a dungeon lair and stealing artifacts from a museum both have heist elements to them, Skullduggery looks into the other intrigues of adventures in urban environments.
    Rob Wieland, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
  • The store released a black-and-white video showing the thieves, which appears to be at least four suspects, plundering the business.
    Natalie Neysa Alund, USA Today, 8 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • That entanglement allowed Biden to traverse the country haranguing business on equity, climate, daycare, union labor, and other whole-of-government crusades—while taunting Republicans who relented for the sake of home-district dollars.
    Clyde Wayne Crews Jr, Forbes.com, 25 Aug. 2025
  • Tuesday’s report is likely to be viewed favorably by the president, who has spent the past months haranguing Fed Chair Jerome Powell to lower interest rates.
    Rob Wile, NBC news, 12 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • The disturbance is expected to produce rainfall amounts of 8 to 12 inches with isolated maximum totals of 16 inches in eastern Cuba, and 4 to 8 inches of rain in the Bahamas.
    MIAMI HERALD HURRICANE BOT, Miami Herald, 27 Sep. 2025
  • The disturbance draws Rafferty and his men into the heart of the crowd — and away from the entrances — to break up the skirmish.
    Lynsey Eidell, PEOPLE, 27 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Over the past week, some have posted clips of Hammoud berating Barham that have drawn millions of views.
    Niraj Warikoo, Freep.com, 24 Sep. 2025
  • The coach focused on helping his team settle and regain their confidence rather than berating them for falling behind.
    Jay Feldstein, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Miss Sammie flashed the scolding look Jean had known since childhood, though playfully now.
    David Wright Faladé, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2025
  • Shipp is tasked with scolding her father and delivering leaden exposition.
    Esther Zuckerman, IndieWire, 11 Sep. 2025
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“Harrying.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/harrying. Accessed 4 Oct. 2025.

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