hazing
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“I saw it as affectionate hazing and acceptance into the group.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 5, 2026
But Mr. Warsh knows this hazing is what he signed up for.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 20, 2026
We were then, indeed, challenged and tested, with a slew of activities that added up to little more than a light hazing to bond us.
From Slate ● Apr. 27, 2025
There’s a “good-sized” elk herd ranging just north of the ranches, Griffin said, and he keeps hoping that the department’s nonlethal hazing tactics will persuade the wolves to turn their attention to their natural prey.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 21, 2025
“Middle school is supposed to be the worst. It’s like a giant hazing for adulthood. We all gotta go through it.”
From "The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl" by Stacy McAnulty
Historic revivals of hunting urge make an interesting recital of religious inquisitions, witch-burnings, college hazings, persecution of suffragettes, of the I.W.W., of the Japanese, or of pacifists.
From An American Idyll The Life of Carleton H. Parker by Cornelia Stratton Parker
The Rival Pitchers A Story of College Baseball A faithful picture of college life of to-day, with its hazings, its grinds, its pretty girls and all.
From Dorothy Dale in the City by Margaret Penrose
