taunting
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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
And that unopened brick of air-dry clay that’s taunting you?
From MarketWatch • Feb. 23, 2026
There was also an image of Gabriel Martinelli taunting Wolves' fans with a "2-1" gesture, only to look daft when Arsenal conceded that late leveller.
From BBC • Feb. 21, 2026
The taunting slogan of a 1990 Sega advertising campaign was “Genesis Does What Nintendon’t.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 9, 2026
But as they became preoccupied with exchanging autographs, a few of them let up on chasing and taunting us.
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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