accosted
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Singapore’s Immigration and Checkpoints Authority has deported and barred 26-year-old Johnson Wen from reentering the country after he crashed the yellow carpet and accosted star Ariana Grande, according to several reports.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 24, 2025
On Tuesday, the 63-year-old doctor of engineering was accosted as she walked through Mexico City.
From Barron's • Nov. 7, 2025
Instead of hanging 10, some surfers in Newport Beach had to cut and run after they were accosted by an aggressive sea lion.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 18, 2025
He says he was then dismissed but Mr Jeffries later accosted him in a bathroom.
From BBC • Mar. 21, 2025
Not even if you avoid getting lost or accosted in the tangled web of twisting streets and dead-end alleys.
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
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