heckle
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As she makes her way up the stairs, McHenry gives the middle finger and blows kisses to the crowd as some people heckle and throw towels at her.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026
“Tiger With Cubs” depicts a tigress nursing her young under pine trees as magpies heckle them.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 12, 2025
The Glaswegian looked so discombobulated by the heckle that another audience member asked him if he was okay.
From BBC ● Feb. 14, 2025
After the press conference ended, they continued to follow and heckle De Niro.
From Salon ● May 29, 2024
“But what if I want to heckle Nick?”
From "Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda" by Becky Albertalli
As has become customary, the hearing was interrupted by protesters bursting into heckles; Rubio quipped that at least he gets bilingual demonstrators.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 15, 2025
His comments were met with mixture of heckles and cheers,
From BBC ● Apr. 28, 2024
Of course, hecklers could submit their heckles via email or interview but not heckle directly at our duly elected president.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 10, 2023
His speech was interrupted repeatedly by heckles and jeers from opposition leadership, who at times chanted “weak.”
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 29, 2022
He heckles down the echoing curb, A step that neither hopes nor hates Ever disturb.
From Behind the Arras A Book of the Unseen by Thomas Buford Meteyard
He gets heckled a lot, even amid ostensibly friendly crowds.
From Slate ● Oct. 23, 2026
After getting heckled outside by protesters, Xi slipped inside the White House for a state dinner where some 30 to 40 guests asked for photographs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026
Noisy AfD lawmakers who often heckled Merz drew the ire of parliamentary speaker Julia Kloeckner.
From Barron's ● Sep. 9, 2026
A woman heckled the mayor just as he was about to speak and accused city leadership of ignoring concerns of Muslim and Palestinian communities.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 21, 2026
Not long before Henrietta’s first exam, TeLinde presented his argument about carcinoma in situ to a major meeting of pathologists in Washington, D.C., and the audience heckled him off the stage.
From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot
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
Since the fall, Charles has faced heckling about his brother during public appearances.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 5, 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
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