targeted

verb

past tense of target
as in harassed

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for targeted
  1. harassed
  2. taunted
  3. tormented
  4. pestered
  5. ragged
  6. baited
  7. bugged
  8. teased
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  • In a copy of the complaint that Semafor reviewed, on file with the Maine Human Rights Commission, one union member alleged that Williams harassed another member.
    — Nicholas Wu, semafor.com, 15 July 2026
  • Officers whose names are not publicly disclosed have had their identities revealed and been harassed online.
    — Shane Harris, The Atlantic, 10 July 2026
Definition of harassed
Verb
  • Jerry Rice wasn't about to ignore a heckler Thursday, as the NFL Hall of Famer charged into the gallery during the American Century Championship after a fan taunted him at Edgewood Tahoe Golf Course in South Lake Tahoe.
    — Alejandro Avila OutKick, FOXNews.com, 17 July 2026
  • The actor taunted his kids over their expectations of the couples.
    — Leigh Blickley, Entertainment Weekly, 9 July 2026
Definition of taunted
Verb
  • Their absence clearly tormented him, but his total dependence on Sara seemed to embarrass him, too.
    — Jonathan Blitzer, New Yorker, 13 July 2026
  • The three-paragraph note compared Lyons to a Nazi and predicted that Lyons would be tormented by his own conscience.
    — Jude Joffe-Block, NPR, 6 July 2026
Definition of tormented
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  • Players like Ousmane Dembélé, Michael Olise, Désiré Doué and more have simply pestered country after country, possessing the ball well and finding all types of angles to strike on goal.
    — Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 13 July 2026
  • Scheierman also hit two earlier threes, grabbed five rebounds and pestered Gilgeous-Alexander to force a third-quarter turnover to help Boston take down the defending NBA champions 119-109.
    — Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 26 Mar. 2026
Definition of pestered
Verb
  • On that night in March, to the surprise of nobody, Arsenal ran their mid-table Premier League hosts ragged, beating them 5-1, with Henry and Freddie Ljungberg scoring twice, and Kolo Toure netting the other.
    — Dan Sheldon, New York Times, 11 Jan. 2026
Definition of ragged
Verb
  • The federal agency detailed removal efforts on its website, including traps baited with eggs and trackers to lure tegus and study their movements.
    — Rylan DiGiacomo-Rapp, The Orlando Sentinel, 13 July 2026
  • Spurs center Victor Wembanyama baited Towns and Knicks center Mitchell Robinson into fouls.
    — Mark Medina, Forbes.com, 11 June 2026
Definition of baited
Verb
  • The National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine, a law-enforcement agency known as NABU, had bugged Mindich’s apartment in Kyiv, and detectives picked up his conversations about Fire Point.
    — Simon Shuster, The Atlantic, 17 July 2026
  • The group alleged that as well as hacking their phones, journalists from the Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday tapped landlines and bugged houses and cars.
    — K.J. Yossman, Variety, 7 July 2026
Definition of bugged
Verb
  • Later, on his social media, Ty teased another collaboration with the pop star in the future.
    — Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 18 July 2026
  • Sales, who plays at Lawrence North High in Indianapolis, took official visits to all five of his finalists, and as recently as Tuesday, teased a picture of himself on a visit to Texas on his personal Instagram page.
    — Grace Raynor, New York Times, 17 July 2026
Definition of teased
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