- present participle of bully.
bullying
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Dave educated more than 400,000 people about suicide, bullying and gun violence over the next several years.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 1, 2026
The bullying is both more insidious and more soberingly recognizable.
From Salon ● Oct. 30, 2026
It means anti-Jewish hatred will be treated as a specific safeguarding risk rather than being dealt with through existing measures to stop racism and bullying.
From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2026
They will also be held directly responsible for protecting under-18s from pornography, online bullying, content that glorifies crime, and content that encourages eating disorders.
From Barron's ● Oct. 15, 2026
The school had a zero-tolerance violence policy, but it also had a zero-tolerance bullying policy, and since Adam had started all the drama, the school decided that he was technically responsible.
From "Far from the Tree" by Robin Benway
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