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harry

[har-ee] / ˈhær i /


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Kounde cleared off the line and Garcia tipped Fernandez's near-post drive away as Espanyol continued to harry Flick's side.

From Barron's ● Jan. 3, 2026

Abolitionists made good use of the provision to harry slave traders.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 25, 2024

Blackthorne is part of a small fleet commissioned by England to find the mysterious and very wealthy island of Japan, and harry any Catholic forces along the way.

From New York Times ● Feb. 27, 2024

Leclerc judged the restart beautifully, while Verstappen's attempt to harry Leclerc before he bolted from the last corner backfired and he came under pressure from Sainz.

From BBC ● Mar. 20, 2022

"You are young. Other wars will come, and you shall do your great deeds. For now, we are commanded to harry the Stony Shore."

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin

In the book, she’s a paper-thin virtual idol, whom Wade stalks and harries for attention.

From The Guardian ● Mar. 28, 2018

He hustles and harries various Chelsea defenders in quick succession as they pass the ball out from the back, no doubt knackering himself out in the process.

From The Guardian ● Dec. 12, 2017

Nelson harries the French fleet in the Mediterranean.

From BBC ● Nov. 21, 2014

He harries attacking midfielders, breaks up passes, and clogs space.

From Slate ● Jun. 17, 2014

You can't sleep a wink, so the question of Drink, though you timidly shrink from it, harries you.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 100, May 23, 1891 by Various

Johnstone had been harried by Rangers' press, a big theme of the day.

From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026

Initially, Joe and Angela don’t look so different from the pictures of couples we’ve seen before: harried and married, dead when they wed.

From Salon ● Jul. 5, 2026

Next time, I’ll trade calm for harried and head straight for Logan.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 24, 2026

Patients arrived with gangrenous foot wounds that harried providers elsewhere brushed off as athlete’s foot.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 14, 2026

At public events, I focused on making personal connections with the people I met, in small groups and in crowds of thousands, in backstage chats and harried rope lines.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama

PGE would eventually shutter Trojan after decades of regulatory violations, forced shutdowns, construction flaws, costly repairs and constant harrying from antinuclear activist Lloyd Marbet through the state council.

From Salon ● Aug. 17, 2025

According to a reporter’s intrepid Freedom of Information Act inquiries, enthusiastic pickleball ambassadors are employing the “USA Pickleball tool kit” and harrying local park departments to elbow out their tennis-and-basketball-playing neighbors.

From Slate ● Dec. 7, 2023

Mainz had defended well up to then, frustrating the visitors with persistent harrying and it looked like Lee Jae-sung’s first-half header was going to be enough to win the game.

From Washington Times ● Aug. 27, 2023

The weakness of the empires to the north would have been seen as a clear opportunity for the raiders who had long supported themselves by harrying the frontiers.

From Textbooks ● Apr. 19, 2023

"So long as the harrying is done, what does it matter? No priest could do what I mean to, nor what I ask of you. I have a task that only Dagmer Cleftjaw can accomplish."

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin




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