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taunted

verb

past tense of taunt

as in teased

to attack repeatedly with mean put-downs or insults the principal reminded the student athletes that taunting their opponents was not showing good sportsmanship

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Recent Examples of taunted The woman alleged that Jackson repeatedly refused to delete the video and then taunted her with it. — Gary Klein, Los Angeles Times, 11 June 2026 In the Chicago area, officials said three men captured a victim and shot him multiple times in the head and allegedly taunted his mother. — Luke Barr, ABC News, 1 July 2026 The neighbor, who lived across the hall from Valentine, said the suspect routinely taunted her from inside her apartment, uttering her insults through the microphone of a doorbell camera. — Roni Jacobson, New York Daily News, 3 June 2026 Edwards taunted Nuggets fans at the end of Minnesota’s Game 7 win in 2024, getting on Jokic’s nerves in the process. — Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 25 Apr. 2026 Tournament favorites France, for example, have so thoroughly taunted and tormented their opponents that anything short of the final would seem an injustice at this point. — Mark Sappenfield, Christian Science Monitor, 30 June 2026 The window next to my desk overlooks the gym’s large communal exercise room, and throughout the day, I am taunted by the sight of gyrating bodies panting through a Zumba class or a kettlebell set. — Rachel Syme, New Yorker, 8 May 2026 When Metcalf and others asked him to leave, Anthony taunted and provoked Metcalf, took out a knife and stabbed him, prosecutor Bill Wirskye said, according to KTVT. — Eric Levenson, CNN Money, 9 June 2026 During Sunday afternoon’s series-ending Game 4 — which the Knicks won, 144-114 — the New York fans booed Joel Embiid loudly and taunted him with posters showing Mitchell Robinson dunking on him two days earlier. — Peter Sblendorio, Hartford Courant, 11 May 2026

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Bryant Vincent’s team has teased in each of his first two years in Monroe, starting 3-1 last season before the roof caved in with eight straight setbacks.

— Tom Layberger, Forbes.com, 6 July 2026
While the flagship movie franchise is coming to an end, Diesel previously teased that NBCUniversal has four TV shows in development from the Fast & Furious world.

— Glenn Garner, Deadline, 4 July 2026

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