accost

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A rare moment of high drama flares when a pregnant woman, Agata, played with firecracker fierceness by Anna Chlumsky, barrels down the basement stairs to accost Renia.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 6, 2025

"No American should accost another for their beliefs," he wrote on X, formerly known as Twitter, on Wednesday evening.

From BBC • Oct. 18, 2023

You wait for guests to leave the secure perimeter, and politely accost them for all the details.

From Washington Post • Nov. 20, 2022

I was lonely in my room at night, where Netflix would accost me with the passive aggressive, "Are you still watching?"

From Salon • Mar. 21, 2022

A few furtive shapes darted into alleys at the sound of hoofbeats on the cobbles, but no one dared accost them.

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