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Some blame the rising price of tickets, saying theatergoers feel entitled to misbehave in the same way sports fans feel the price of admission buys them the right to heckle players.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 8, 2026

"Couldn't be more fun to have him heckle me on the golf course. The nicest guy you could know. Genius of a comedian. And a true sweetheart Perfect combo," Sandler wrote.

From BBC ● Apr. 2, 2024

Even back in 2022, when Boebert and Greene presented as a Karen power duo out to heckle President Joe Biden, I was skeptical that their alliance would last long.

From Salon ● Jul. 18, 2023

Now Israel's minister for police, Itamar Ben-Gvir was on hand to keep order as some 30,000 people took part in the annual event that he used to heckle as an "abomination".

From Reuters ● Jun. 1, 2023

I want to get there early to claim a seat in the front, where I can heckle Simon and Nick.

From "Leah on the Offbeat" by Becky Albertalli

“Your job as a bench warmer is to come up with the heckles against the other team. I took pride in writing insults to hurl at other 15-year-olds,” Wood recalled in a recent Zoom interview.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2024

His comments were met with mixture of heckles and cheers,

From BBC ● Apr. 28, 2024

Earlier, when Alabama heard some inappropriate heckles from the Missouri student section — this happened a week after Miles’s arrest — Oats tried to scold the wrong people.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 1, 2023

The reason, he said, is that he would expect an order from a group that cheers for the visitor and heckles the home team would be rejected.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 2, 2023

I teuk mysel weel ower the heckles, but I cudna mak oot 'at I cud a'thegither help it.

From Heather and Snow by George MacDonald

He gets heckled a lot, even amid ostensibly friendly crowds.

From Slate ● Oct. 23, 2026

The MP "heckled as he returned after his by-election" in the seat of Clacton, according to the paper.

From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026

He once heckled Anne Sexton at a poetry reading.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi was heckled at a World War II memorial event by protesters angry about Tokyo's further shift away from its decades-long pacifist stance, television footage showed.

From Barron's ● Jun. 24, 2026

Then some random scythe in the audience heckled.

From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman

And while his teammates could be distracted by raucous crowds and heckling fans, Pride heard nothing but silence.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2026

In an age of seemingly nonstop spam, that act of rebellion can feel deeply satisfying, like heckling a telemarketer who interrupted dinner.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 28, 2026

I was not heckling or mocking, but what followed was immediate — and instructive.

From Salon ● Dec. 21, 2025

One federal agent saw the patrollers, turned up his music, and began heckling the group as he rode in.

From Slate ● Oct. 27, 2025

There was no harsh greeting or heckling as I entered French class.

From "Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High" by Melba Pattillo Beals