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Recent Examples of targeting
Taylor, a fluid 6-foot-5, is already the Jets’ second-best receiver and plays with a quarterback, Justin Fields, who is prone to targeting tight ends — fifth-highest tight end target rate since 2021, and Cole Kmet had a career-high 719 yards with Fields as his quarterback in 2023.
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Jacob Robinson, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2025
Jacob Robinson, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for targeting
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The woman, who was 52 at the time, allegedly began harassing Buckingham’s wife and son, dating back to 2021.—
Jami Ganz,
New York Daily News,
1 Apr. 2026
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Fetzer said in an Instagram video that both cars were harassing them despite the cyclists following traffic rules in the bike lane.—
Hanna Wickes,
Miami Herald,
30 Mar. 2026
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The hawks are practically taunting the populists for their lack of influence.—
Jonathan Chait,
The Atlantic,
25 Mar. 2026
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Doncic and the Lakers appealed the call after he was given a technical for taunting against Orlando Magic forward Goga Bitadze in Saturday’s Lakers win.—
Assistant Sports Editor,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Mar. 2026
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With the help of journalist Gerrick Kennedy, the memoir details Brandy's meteoric rise to fame as a young teen while volleying ambition, exhaustion and self-doubt, moving through a predatory and tormenting industry and being misunderstood in the public eye.—
Taijuan Moorman,
USA Today,
31 Mar. 2026
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In another, more recent case, three Wyoming men were charged with tormenting a moose by trying to ride it.—
Wendy Keefover,
Denver Post,
10 Mar. 2026
Verb
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One of the most well-known is Kitboga, a YouTube personality, scammer-baiting streamer, and the founder of an anti-scam software company.—
Kim Key,
PC Magazine,
3 Apr. 2026
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The replies are mostly AI bots, or rage-baiting stan accounts.—
Larisha Paul,
Rolling Stone,
15 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Tiny eye-biting flies are swarming all over the San Gabriel Valley and pestering residents.—
Nicole Comstock,
CBS News,
27 Mar. 2026
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In a game where the Stars smashed the Oilers, Hryckowian was pestering Edmonton players all night en route to drawing four penalties.—
R.J. Coyle,
Dallas Morning News,
13 Mar. 2026
Verb
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So, all the things people were yelling about with Southwest weren’t bugging me.—
Lisa Gutierrez,
Kansas City Star,
21 Mar. 2026
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But so much of my journalism has been about something that’s bugging me.—
Jack Denton,
Vulture,
18 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Eventually, Bournemouth were so sick of Sadiki’s hassling that substitute Lewis Cook jutted an elbow at him.—
Chris Weatherspoon,
New York Times,
1 Dec. 2025
Verb
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After teasing the news stories of the day - Iran, the Artemis II lunar flyby, March Madness and more - Guthrie briefly acknowledged her homecoming.—
Alana Wise,
NPR,
6 Apr. 2026
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After teasing Confessions' forthcoming sequel, Madonna has delivered the next best thing.—
Tiffany Kelly,
Entertainment Weekly,
3 Apr. 2026
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“Targeting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/targeting. Accessed 8 Apr. 2026.
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