as in teases
a person who causes repeated emotional pain, distress, or annoyance to another
the players paid no attention to the mockers in the stands
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Noun
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Fans were treated to short voice memos — including snippets of Styles singing teases of new music — and a gradual drip of album details.—
Jeff Benjamin,
Forbes.com,
23 Jan. 2026 -
While this time around things went a bit smoother, the Step Up actress teases that, still, plenty of chaos will ensue.—
Liza Esquibias,
PEOPLE,
7 Jan. 2026
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Moreover, when harassers disproportionately target women, people of color and LGBTQ officials, entire communities are systematically excluded from participation in self-governance.—
Ernestine Nettles,
Mercury News,
22 Nov. 2025
Noun
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The prisoners got out and the saw the torturers.—
Scott Roxborough,
HollywoodReporter,
21 Jan. 2026
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As my experience showed, a heavy reliance on physical abuse makes for proficient torturers, not skilled interrogators.—
Elizabeth Tsurkov,
The Atlantic,
11 Jan. 2026
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And her tormentors are all abruptly, painfully departing the scene or, at the very least, becoming ensnared in one humiliation after another.—
Howie Carr,
Boston Herald,
16 Jan. 2026
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The mind could wander briefly about the Giants riding a two-game winning streak into a Thursday Night Football matchup with the Eagles, equipped to knock off their tormentors who suddenly look vulnerable.—
Dan Duggan,
New York Times,
6 Oct. 2025
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Nanjiani, 44, became famous for stand-up comedy based on his real-life experiences, including growing up in Pakistan, moving to Iowa for college at 18, and dealing with racist hecklers as a Muslim post-9/11.—
Kylie Gilbert,
InStyle,
6 Jan. 2026
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That tone set the stage for the hecklers.—
Miles Klee,
Rolling Stone,
21 Dec. 2025
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Shakespeare humanizes the Elizabethan stage stereotype of the villainous Jew by giving Shylock ample reason for wanting to get back at his Christian persecutors.—
Theater Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
17 Jan. 2026
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Amish are part of the wider Anabaptist movement, which puts heavy emphasis on Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount, containing some of his most radical and counter-cultural sayings — to love enemies, live simply, bless persecutors, turn the other cheek and to endure sufferings joyfully.—
Dave Smith,
Fortune,
30 Oct. 2025
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As with intellectual property theft, attackers can steal or copy proprietary AI systems when AI security safeguards are not in place.—
Connie Etemadi,
Miami Herald,
28 Jan. 2026
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But security analysts quickly warned that WebKit vulnerabilities are especially dangerous, and will leak out to less sophisticated attackers.—
Zak Doffman,
Forbes.com,
27 Jan. 2026
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“Mockers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mockers. Accessed 29 Jan. 2026.
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