troll
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Courtney Love accused Charli of being a troll.
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026
Some judges call it a copyright troll that makes millions by threatening to out those who download its films.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 18, 2026
In fact, entire Reddit forums and YouTube channels are devoted to what’s called “scambaiting,” the practice of intentionally engaging with scammers to frustrate or troll them.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 28, 2026
Dahlia Lithwick: Judge VanDyke has constructed a reputation for himself as the judiciary’s most decorum-shredding troll.
From Slate ● Mar. 13, 2026
Her cheeks drooped toward her eyes and her hair pointed straight toward the ground, making her look like a dangling troll doll.
From "The Season of Styx Malone" by Kekla Magoon
Rivadeneira said she even scrubbed her personal social media accounts of photos of her young daughter after trolls began attacking loved ones.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026
One can, on the internet, even encounter trolls akin to the golem versions of real people that we see in the film.
From Salon ● Jun. 8, 2026
Katseye, who share a label with Le Sserafim, say the senior band helped when they encountered their own internet trolls.
From BBC ● Jun. 4, 2026
"Content farms and internet trolls are happy to oblige them."
From Barron's ● May 18, 2026
It was hard to tell from upside down, but I thought the trolls looked a little confused.
From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff
"Serious political messaging, packaged as reels, can still be trolled."
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
You famously trolled an audience of conservatives at a concert held during the Republican National Convention in 2016.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 23, 2026
“They trolled some pretty big names in our popular culture and in the business world,” Krim said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 9, 2026
The DHS official social media account then trolled Bryan with a video dehumanizing migrants set to his song “Revival.”
From Salon ● Oct. 8, 2025
The string of cars trolled up Water Street through a bright spring day.
From "Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet" by Joanne Proulx
They square the circle of Swift masterminding a full-scale trolling of media and fans while simultaneously hosting a cotton-candy celebrity circus.
From Salon ● Jul. 9, 2026
Still, for many of the 200,000 Angelenos who voted for Pratt, his brash, social media-fueled campaign was not just a long exercise in trolling.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 11, 2026
Other analysts say the AI messaging could seek to rally his support base and campaign through trolling.
From Barron's ● Jun. 8, 2026
The problem, cybersecurity researchers say, is that your trolling may be giving the scammer exactly what they want.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 28, 2026
You can usually find them trolling on Twitter.
From "On the Come Up" by Angie Thomas
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