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harry

[har-ee] / ˈhær i /


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Kounde cleared off the line and Garcia tipped Fernandez's near-post drive away as Espanyol continued to harry Hansi Flick's side.

From Barron's Jan. 3, 2026

Ukraine has long used domestically produced weapons, such as drones, to harry Russia with strikes that sometimes target Moscow itself.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 18, 2024

Blackthorne is part of a small fleet commissioned by England to find the mysterious and very wealthy island of Japan, and harry any Catholic forces along the way.

From New York Times Feb. 27, 2024

If protesters constantly harry that effort, an accident is inevitable.

From Science Magazine Jan. 14, 2020

That her father and Etienne and Madame Manec and the German boy named Werner Pfennig might harry the sky in flocks, like egrets, like terns, like starlings?

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr

In the book, she’s a paper-thin virtual idol, whom Wade stalks and harries for attention.

From The Guardian Mar. 28, 2018

He hustles and harries various Chelsea defenders in quick succession as they pass the ball out from the back, no doubt knackering himself out in the process.

From The Guardian Dec. 12, 2017

Nelson harries the French fleet in the Mediterranean.

From BBC Nov. 21, 2014

He harries attacking midfielders, breaks up passes, and clogs space.

From Slate Jun. 17, 2014

All men know that it is He who by night harries us in our villages.

From In Court and Kampong Being Tales and Sketches of Native Life in the Malay Peninsula by Sir Hugh Charles Clifford

I don’t want to see a TikTok day in the life of a corporate mom’s hourlong commute to a harried desk salad.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 5, 2026

She was presented with her award by actor Richard E Grant, who played the Spice Girls' harried manager Clifford in the 1997 movie Spice World.

From BBC Jul. 10, 2026

Initially, Joe and Angela don’t look so different from the pictures of couples we’ve seen before: harried and married, dead when they wed.

From Salon Jul. 5, 2026

As the harried solo parent of a sick child, Byrne lets the camera zoom in so close to her character’s insecurities that the audience breaks out in a cold sweat.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 10, 2026

The door dinged and Celia walked in, looking harried.

From "When Dimple Met Rishi" by Sandhya Menon

PGE would eventually shutter Trojan after decades of regulatory violations, forced shutdowns, construction flaws, costly repairs and constant harrying from antinuclear activist Lloyd Marbet through the state council.

From Salon Aug. 17, 2025

According to a reporter’s intrepid Freedom of Information Act inquiries, enthusiastic pickleball ambassadors are employing the “USA Pickleball tool kit” and harrying local park departments to elbow out their tennis-and-basketball-playing neighbors.

From Slate Dec. 7, 2023

Mainz had defended well up to then, frustrating the visitors with persistent harrying and it looked like Lee Jae-sung’s first-half header was going to be enough to win the game.

From Washington Times Aug. 27, 2023

The weakness of the empires to the north would have been seen as a clear opportunity for the raiders who had long supported themselves by harrying the frontiers.

From Textbooks Apr. 19, 2023

"So long as the harrying is done, what does it matter? No priest could do what I mean to, nor what I ask of you. I have a task that only Dagmer Cleftjaw can accomplish."

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin




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