trash-talkers

plural of trash-talker

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for trash-talkers
Noun
  • Even so, a pocket of detractors lingers.
    Chet Flippo, Rolling Stone, 23 June 2026
  • Geller, a former Democratic state lawmaker and county party chair, said that state policies on school choice and federal action spurring deportations could be detractors.
    Austin Horn, Miami Herald, 22 June 2026
Noun
  • Red is immediately abducted, cut open in an ambulance, and injected with pain-magnifying drugs by his torturers, while Liz accidentally murders the mysterious man surveilling her next door.
    EW Staff, Entertainment Weekly, 25 June 2026
  • Aaron escapes his torturers, first by rooting himself in the town’s only movie theater open to Black people, and then by lying about his age and enlisting in the Navy at 16.
    Meredith Maran, Los Angeles Times, 1 June 2026
Noun
  • That their tormentors were not untouchable.
    Nazanin Boniadi, Time, 11 Mar. 2026
  • If the tormenters keep it up, grackles do eventually move.
    Michael Barnes, Austin American Statesman, 18 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • McIlroy was even seen stepping back from the ball to quip back at one of the hecklers, while others, including his friend Shane Lowry, were also quick to respond.
    Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 23 June 2026
  • For Bellinger, at least, a creative exchange with some professional hecklers was more welcomed.
    Peter Chawaga, Forbes.com, 14 June 2026
Noun
  • The wise guys already view Denver suspiciously, casting them with the 12th-best odds to reach the Super Bowl next February.
    Troy Renck, Denver Post, 1 Feb. 2026
  • Framing wise guys on murder charges for Whitey Bulger, looking the other way on a gangland hit by a BPD detective in Canton in 1976, the list of scandals is too great to even list them all.
    Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 14 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Still, the star did not name her harassers.
    Chanel Vargas, InStyle, 22 May 2026
  • Most harassers do not harass others in front of someone else.
    Briana Mascaro, Forbes.com, 20 May 2026
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
Noun
  • Scary Movie released in theaters on Friday, treating fans after a long hiatus to classically raunchy, Wayans-style send-ups of films like Get Out, Sinners, and M3GAN, all of which were glimpsed in teasers and trailers leading up to the premiere.
    Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 6 June 2026
  • Since movie teasers trickled out in late 2025, plus a surprise sneak peek during this year's Super Bowl LX, critics have taken to Spielberg's new movie and the overall reaction has been positive.
    Sarah Moore, Freep.com, 28 May 2026
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