needled

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Mr. Ireland indicates the uneven power dynamics involved when Leigh, though squirming at the idea, is needled into answering the same repulsive question, settling on Margaret Thatcher.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026

Women on the jury bristled when Meta attorney Andrew Stanner needled Kaley’s former therapist over her credentials during a tense cross examination on Wednesday — “You have a master’s degree, right?”

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 27, 2026

During the July 2025 interview, there were some tense moments: Owens needled Fuentes over why he hadn’t married and started a family.

From Salon • Jan. 2, 2026

During the session in 2017, he needled Rex Tillerson - urging him to describe Russian President Vladimir Putin as a war criminal which Tillerson refused to do.

From BBC • Jan. 13, 2025

If he turned away and then looked back, there was no longer a sign of her, not even a whispering motion in the needled branches she had moved through.

From "Son" by Lois Lowry