taunt
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When San Antonio’s big man Victor Wembanyama pointed to his temple after goading a Knick into a cheap foul, the taunt was clear: I’m in your head, buddy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 11, 2026
The residents cheer and taunt and follow from a safe distance.
From Slate ● Feb. 11, 2026
Guadagnino makes Hank look so shady that it feels like a taunt: We’re dumb if we trust Hank and doubly dumb if he’s innocent.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2025
Remember the collective removal of headwear to taunt the cap-less Patrick Cantlay.
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2025
Churchill came in with the equivalent of a loudhailer: delivering clumping great set pieces that occasioned Balfour’s famous taunt that his artillery was “powerful but not very mobile.”
From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith
Her dreams propelled Jackson toward college — as did a need to avenge the childhood taunts that echoed in his head.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 17, 2026
“Melania” taunts the viewer and takes glee in the assumption that they can’t do anything about it.
From Salon ● Feb. 1, 2026
Karp seems to revel in his company’s unconventional ascent, and taunts the analysts who question it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2025
Nothing compared to the misery of Johnson, whose game fell apart to a soundtrack of taunts from the Barmy Army.
From BBC ● Nov. 4, 2025
I wanted to leave them behind, to forget, to not be bothered by his taunts, but we are not always able to do what we want.
From "The Ugly One" by Leanne Statland Ellis
After being taunted for bringing her toys, Bonnie is embarrassed but determined to get in with the cool group, leaving her toys outside to be returned to the wrong address by a stranger.
From Salon ● Jun. 21, 2026
The woman alleged that Jackson repeatedly refused to delete the video and then taunted her with it.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 9, 2026
The few protesters taunted the agents, who mostly amused themselves.
From Slate ● May 29, 2026
While in Japan in 2023, he taunted locals with, among other things, his comments on the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki during the final days of World War Two.
From BBC ● Apr. 15, 2026
Declaration taunted Peach: "Where they throw dirt over dead people and leave them there for the worms/” She turned to sneer at me: "It’s stupid!”
From Each Little Bird That Sings by Deborah Wiles
It's said that he built the causeway as a bridge to Scotland, in order to fight another giant who was taunting him.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
Sean Duffy is even taunting Pete Buttigieg about it, in a bout of dreaded intra–transportation secretary violence.
From Slate ● May 5, 2026
But the phantoms of the past remain, haunting our dreams and taunting us with the comfort of imagined reconciliation, until we wake up and it slips away.
From Salon ● Apr. 24, 2026
Crew chief Marc Davis said in a pool report that both players were “assessed technical fouls for their continual taunting of one another.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 22, 2026
Tefu had become a kind of goad to Sobukwe, teasing, taunting, and challenging him.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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