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as in abused
to inflict physical or emotional harm upon
the kindergarten teacher explained why it was wrong to bully classmates
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to make timid or fearful by or as if by threats
the manager was fired for bullying employees
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Recent Examples of bullied
Tatiana Siegel, Variety, 23 Dec. 2024
Trans athletes feel unsafe, bullied Meanwhile, in Riverside on Thursday, advocates gathered at the Inland Empire LGBTQ+ Center.
—Rebecca Plevin, Los Angeles Times, 20 Dec. 2024
Ortiz alleged she was bullied, harassed and neglected by district staff, including the case manager.
—Jessika Harkay, Hartford Courant, 20 Dec. 2024
Watch on Deadline His claims echoed the findings of a Deadline investigation in November 2023, which revealed allegations that Spencer bullied staff and students.
—Jake Kanter, Deadline, 20 Dec. 2024
But, we will not be bullied or intimidated.
—Benedict Cosgrove, Newsweek, 18 Dec. 2024
Smith wanted to become a counselor and help other children who were being bullied, according to the local CBS affiliate.
—Sean Neumann, People.com, 7 Dec. 2024
So many young men are bullied, feel incredibly insecure with themselves, and are struggling to find their identity in their youth.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 1 Dec. 2024
That theme produces an everlasting parable for all ages about how being bullied and sneered at takes an incredible toll, and can summon a tsunami-like power and fury.
—Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 19 Nov. 2024
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Unfortunately for them, Steph won’t be bullied – even by paternalistic threats of being sued into oblivion.
—Tatiana Siegel, Variety, 23 Dec. 2024
Trans athletes feel unsafe, bullied Meanwhile, in Riverside on Thursday, advocates gathered at the Inland Empire LGBTQ+ Center.
—Rebecca Plevin, Los Angeles Times, 20 Dec. 2024
Ortiz alleged she was bullied, harassed and neglected by district staff, including the case manager.
—Jessika Harkay, Hartford Courant, 20 Dec. 2024
Watch on Deadline His claims echoed the findings of a Deadline investigation in November 2023, which revealed allegations that Spencer bullied staff and students.
—Jake Kanter, Deadline, 20 Dec. 2024
But, we will not be bullied or intimidated.
—Benedict Cosgrove, Newsweek, 18 Dec. 2024
Smith wanted to become a counselor and help other children who were being bullied, according to the local CBS affiliate.
—Sean Neumann, People.com, 7 Dec. 2024
So many young men are bullied, feel incredibly insecure with themselves, and are struggling to find their identity in their youth.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 1 Dec. 2024
That theme produces an everlasting parable for all ages about how being bullied and sneered at takes an incredible toll, and can summon a tsunami-like power and fury.
—Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 19 Nov. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bullied
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Does Jonas feel intimidated to thread those lines between the personal and the fictional so closely?Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 12 Dec. 2024
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Those staffing the agencies, meanwhile, may prove too intimidated to resist abuse by the White House.Robert Mickey, Foreign Affairs, 17 Apr. 2017
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President Joe Biden, or whoever is running the White House, grotesquely abused the pardon power, yet again.Rich Lowry, National Review, 24 Dec. 2024
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Their shelters have cared for more than 22,000 sick, injured and abused pets in 2024, the most in a decade.Karen Bartunek, The Arizona Republic, 24 Dec. 2024
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Thoughts of American battlefield heroes might conjure up images of overseas valor in service of oppressed and conquered people around the world.Kerry J. Byrne Fox News, Fox News, 22 Sep. 2024
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That is to say: There must be an obvious corollary to an actual oppressed population.Caitlin PenzeyMoog, Vox, 7 Oct. 2024
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But unlike the 1964 television special’s downtrodden playthings, which eager girls and boys eventually welcome on Christmas morning, these items are gifts that have already been given—and rejected.Ellen Wexler, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Jan. 2025
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When Alma’s inventor is murdered, downtrodden cop Zem Sparak (Gilles Lellouche) and police inspector Salia Malberg (Adèle Exarchopoulos) tasked with finding the culprit .Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 1 Jan. 2025
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“Bullied.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bullied. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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