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
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
We aren't doing this to troll those of you who are Arsenal fans.
From BBC ● Feb. 19, 2026
The troll screams to the high heavens and paws at the wound.
From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer
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
Recent models of the artificial-intelligence chatbot have been bringing up the creatures in conversations with users seemingly out of the blue, as well as gremlins, trolls and ogres.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 1, 2026
Why not pretend to dine in a medieval castle in Miracle Mile or look for trolls on a fern-filled hike in Griffith Park?
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 20, 2026
It was hard to tell from upside down, but I thought the trolls looked a little confused.
From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff
“They trolled some pretty big names in our popular culture and in the business world,” Krim said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 9, 2026
The DHS official social media account then trolled Bryan with a video dehumanizing migrants set to his song “Revival.”
From Salon ● Oct. 8, 2025
Recently, Kumar was trolled by a pair of influencers in New York.
From BBC ● Jun. 27, 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
We trolled up the lake beyond Stresa and then down not far from shore.
From "A Farewell To Arms" by Ernest Hemingway
The “Unicorn Academy” writer was trolling government job sites when she stumbled across a listing for court reporters in Los Angeles — and then another, and another.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 6, 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
You could say that it’s great that Dylan has prompted these larger public discussions about artificial intelligence and large language models, or you could think that Bob is trolling people simply because he can.
From Salon ● May 12, 2026
At that moment, John Masters and Tomás were trolling separate parts of Saint Petersburg.
From "Storm Runners" by Roland Smith
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