accosted
Example Sentences
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On Tuesday, the 63-year-old doctor of engineering was accosted as she walked through Mexico City.
From Barron's ● Nov. 7, 2025
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".
From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2025
That’s when he said three men accosted him.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2025
Twining said he and his wife have been accosted in a restaurant and at the grocery store over his presence at the vigil and the incorrect assumption that he’s supportive of white nationalists.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2025
Near the National Woman’s Party headquarters, a second mob accosted several suffragists carrying banners.
From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling
