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hazing

[hey-zing] / ˈheɪ zɪŋ /


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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

But the objects of his hazing are publicly unfazed.

From Salon Mar. 19, 2026

In addition to the nonlethal hazing, the department encourages ranchers to hire “range riders,” essentially cowboys, to sleep in the pastures with the cows.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 21, 2025

With a smile, he said, “According to the Athletic Code of Conduct Handbook, hazing is not acceptable behavior at Hallwood High School.”

From "Time Bomb" by Joelle Charbonneau

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 Penrose, Margaret

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 Parker, Cornelia Stratton




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