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And the careful, steadily reported, once-a-week format may seem like a dinosaur in this hyper-paced timeline where deluges of information accost us every ticking second.

From Slate ● Jun. 5, 2026

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

His black eyes accost me as if I am the devil made flesh He wears a severe black satin doublet and hose.

From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein

School marshals escort her and her fellow board members to their cars to ensure no one accosts them.

From Salon ● May 15, 2024

“No one accosts me in the street. No one threatens my life, and nobody shoots me,” said Miller, who is white.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 13, 2023

The coach, Saul, who’s never seen the kid before, looks on, flummoxed: Who accosts a stranger in this way?

From Washington Post ● Nov. 17, 2021

As she returns home, apparently from a workout that left her emotional and sweaty, Hakeem accosts her in the doorway.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 5, 2015

An hour later, he accosts her in the midway, drops to his knees, and wraps his arms around her legs.

From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen

On Tuesday, the 63-year-old doctor of engineering was accosted as she walked through Mexico City.

From Barron's ● Nov. 7, 2025

Making his rounds, Im was accosted by a column of chattering elementary school students in yellow uniforms.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 12, 2024

One person who couldn't believe his eyes was Happy Mondays star Bez, who accosted Boone during an interview with Rita Ora.

From BBC ● Nov. 10, 2024

She says she has had to calm some women down who have been spoken to or accosted by protesters on their way in for an appointment.

From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2024

The men she bit she accosted at parties, weddings, at the theater.

From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny

Fans have been seen accosting board members in hotel lobbies and airports, while on the pitch the team languish 14 points off the Premiership summit as Europe continues to to be a traumatic experience.

From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2025

Given her reaction to being approached by the CeraVe rack and her fear of town halls, Mace may think the only appropriate forum for accosting a representative is the hallway outside the bathroom.

From Salon ● Apr. 20, 2025

A video seen by the Associated Press showed scores of Turkish Cypriots accosting a much smaller group of Slovak and British U.N. soldiers trying to hold them back from starting work inside the buffer zone.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 18, 2023

He has done informal surveys, accosting people about their wing habits, including at one recent college football game in Ohio.

From Washington Times ● Feb. 10, 2023

Little regiments of children lurked by the doorways, apparently for the express purpose of accosting foreign missionaries.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver