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As others have observed, this is like a bully blocking a door and daring you to push him aside.

From Salon ● Jun. 28, 2026

If Warsh goes quiet while his colleagues continue to give economic-outlook speeches, a kind of unilateral disarmament could take hold where the chair forfeits the bully pulpit.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 15, 2026

The state superintendent also typically takes advantage of the bully pulpit on education issues.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 3, 2026

The family of 19-year-old Morgan Dorsett, who was killed by an XL bully after the ban came in, have called for tougher legislation.

From BBC ● May 29, 2026

Though no nerd could outdo master bully Donny O’Doyle.

From "The Last Last-Day-of-Summer" by Lamar Giles

Though safe from the camera bullies, Patel’s classmate didn’t eat in front of anyone again until this school year.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 30, 2026

Unified could have — or should have — done more to protect her from campus bullies.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 19, 2026

This is one site among seven run by the same company, which together house more than 500 XL bullies.

From BBC ● Mar. 30, 2026

The severity of seemingly mundane, everyday anxieties — school bullies, the prom, graduation, obnoxious Cher-obsessed college roommates — is on par with demons trying to hasten the apocalypse.

From Salon ● Mar. 26, 2026

After nearly a week of being cooked alive and shaken out of my skin I'm irritable and in no mood to deal with a bunch of toothless bullies.

From "Dread Nation" by Justina Ireland

“Many times, they tell us that this show saved their lives. They were either LGBTQ+ or they were bullied, or they just felt othered,” Zann explains.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026

“Instead of actually listening to us and providing evidence of studies or environmental impact statements, we just get called names and bullied and defamed on national television.”

From Salon ● Jun. 12, 2026

For more than 50 years, the agency’s gag rule bullied Americans into silence.

From Barron's ● Jun. 3, 2026

The board’s decision followed internal reports to directors that Manifold bullied employees, was verbally abusive and had mishandled company information, according to people familiar with the matter.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 29, 2026

He was being shunned and bullied, even turned away by his family, which was something that could happen in a small, highly religious community.

From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel

She said the effective response to bullying behaviour was not necessarily to "punish" someone.

From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026

“All it has left is bullying, piracy, noise and the ability to act as a spoiler,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 11, 2026

“The era of bullying and extortion is over,” wrote Mohammad Ghalibaf, Iran’s parliamentary speaker.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026

The report also identified a "bullying and toxic" workplace culture, which prevented staff members from speaking up, and Ockenden added a small number of powerful leaders had "infected the unit".

From BBC ● Jun. 25, 2026

I’d told her about some of the bullying I’d faced.

From "Proud" by Ibtihaj Muhammad