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bully

[bool-ee] / ˈbʊl i /




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Nora Kletter, a freelance screenwriter who attended Crossroads, said she knew him as a bully.

From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2026

Drake’s always been a bully, throwing stones from his frigid fortress of solitude and hiding his hand in a diamond-encrusted glove he won at auction.

From Salon • May 21, 2026

The only way to beat a bully is to stand up.

From Slate • May 18, 2026

Social workers also learned the woman was caring for the prisoner's XL bully dog and had twice taken the child to visit the prisoner, who had begun referring to him as his "stepson".

From BBC • May 11, 2026

Even Momma couldn’t bully him into doing something.

From "Homecoming" by Cynthia Voigt




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