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accosted

verb as in approach for conversation or solicitation

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Singapore’s Immigration and Checkpoints Authority has deported and barred 26-year-old Johnson Wen from reentering the country after he crashed the yellow carpet and accosted star Ariana Grande, according to several reports.

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But just as we reach the end of the boardwalk, we were accosted!

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

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Ring doorbell footage from a neighbour was also played to the jury showing two women approaching and leaving the McCanns' home on 7 December 2024, the same night Mr and Mrs McCann were "accosted".

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Two women accused of stalking Madeleine McCann's family turned up outside her parents' home and accosted them, a court has heard.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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