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taunt

[tawnt, tahnt] / tɔnt, tɑnt /




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The residents cheer and taunt and follow from a safe distance.

From Slate • Feb. 11, 2026

Then, Anthropic unveiled Super Bowl ads that taunt rival OpenAI.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 6, 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

"Where is my new car, Land Rover," the hackers - who are thought to be teens - posted to taunt the company.

From BBC • Sep. 3, 2025

What I did instead was taunt Crazy Johnny from my perch.

From "Bad Boy" by Walter Dean Myers




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