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[bool-ee] / ˈbʊl i /




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It should be to keep the bully from taking over the playground by refusing intimidation, empowering the bystanders and enforcing boundaries.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

Last year, a beauty pageant contestant was commended for standing up to a group of men who tried to bully her and other contestants over the skirts and western dresses they were wearing.

From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026

“You can’t love God and abuse the immigrant. You can’t love God and bully the outcast. You can’t love God and oppress the poor.”

From Salon ● Aug. 14, 2026

“Yes, Starlink may bully its way into mobility, but it would take years to acquire and clear the right spectrum,” he wrote.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 25, 2026

Even a playground bully will want his mother in the bitter end.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver

What about the team with the best record in the American League: the Tampa Bay Rays, who beat up on big-market bullies in the New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox?

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2026

“Be bullies on the field. Be dominant. Take play by play. Just play hard. That’s who we are.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026

“I’m a hundred percent sure there are some bullies still there,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026

“It is infectious to play a character who sees the best in people and isn’t mad at the world for all its foibles and bullies and shadows,” Sudeikis recently told the Hollywood Reporter.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 31, 2026

At first, Max thought they were just more whatnot bullies.

From "The School for Whatnots" by Margaret Peterson Haddix

Yet Newcastle's implosion was remarkable as a young team were bullied and outfought.

From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026

“I’m here to say today that we will not be bullied by these developers,” the governor said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026

Officials said earlier he faced academic-related stress and a classmate said he was bullied.

From Barron's ● Aug. 9, 2026

The consistency of United's messaging is being articulated in a summer where they are keen to prove they will not be bullied into overpaying to get deals over the line.

From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026

I’d walked away from one of the most amazing people I’d ever known because I’d been bullied into it by his coach, by his peers, by his own mother.

From "A Very Large Expanse of Sea" by Tahereh Mafi

Posting on Facebook, Stevenson said her illness had affected her concentration, and said she had been subjected to "misogynistic bullying" following the incident.

From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026

There was also little evidence of phone bans’ impact on school attendance, chronic absenteeism and online bullying.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 29, 2026

Many are worried that social media continues to increase the risks of depression, anxiety, eating disorders, bullying and other harms.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026

She wrote a number of books, including ones about her life on tour, cookbooks and children’s books about her life and about the dangers of bullying.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 28, 2026

Son, if they’re bullying you, I can schedule a meeting with their parents and the principal.

From "Booked" by Kwame Alexander




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