troll
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One surefire way to annoy a troll is to call their efforts for attention an “obsession.”
From Salon ● Jun. 25, 2026
Some judges call it a copyright troll that makes millions by threatening to out those who download its films.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 18, 2026
The existence of 764 is the product of an era of disenchantment where everyone is a troll looking for clicks.
From Slate ● May 12, 2026
To succeed at this business, one must be both a troll and a panderer.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 13, 2026
The troll held out his arms to stop the others from coming closer.
From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff
One can, on the internet, even encounter trolls akin to the golem versions of real people that we see in the film.
From Salon ● Jun. 8, 2026
"Content farms and internet trolls are happy to oblige them."
From Barron's ● May 18, 2026
The latest model had a tendency to mention other creatures as well: raccoons, trolls, ogres and pigeons, to be specific.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 1, 2026
“What happened to him was unjust. These trolls came to our city and disrupted our way of life and they attacked him for clickbait purposes,” said Hang, who personally called Hochman about the case.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 1, 2026
All the trolls looked in different directions and shifted uncomfortably.
From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff
You famously trolled an audience of conservatives at a concert held during the Republican National Convention in 2016.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 23, 2026
For two years, Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson oversaw work on a documentary about a hip-hop rival he has personally trolled on the internet for even longer.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 14, 2025
The DHS official social media account then trolled Bryan with a video dehumanizing migrants set to his song “Revival.”
From Salon ● Oct. 8, 2025
But even as Newsom trolled Trump officials on X, he showed some signs of a possible middle ground.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 15, 2025
The string of cars trolled up Water Street through a bright spring day.
From "Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet" by Joanne Proulx
They square the circle of Swift masterminding a full-scale trolling of media and fans while simultaneously hosting a cotton-candy celebrity circus.
From Salon ● Jul. 9, 2026
Still, for many of the 200,000 Angelenos who voted for Pratt, his brash, social media-fueled campaign was not just a long exercise in trolling.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 11, 2026
Other analysts say the AI messaging could seek to rally his support base and campaign through trolling.
From Barron's ● Jun. 8, 2026
The problem, cybersecurity researchers say, is that your trolling may be giving the scammer exactly what they want.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 28, 2026
Each day Otto hired the Estrellita, a deep-sea-fishing craft, and the four friends went trolling along the coast.
From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote
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