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Insults were also hurled at people wearing T-shirts emblazoned with the words "woman, life, freedom" - a phrase that has become a rallying cry among protesters against Iran's authorities.

From BBC • Nov. 25, 2022

Insults and shout-downs have become the order of the day.

From New York Times • Dec. 18, 2021

Insults like “nerd” and “worm” are used, and there’s one gigantic farting session.

From Washington Post • Apr. 15, 2020

Unsworth indicated he’d taken Musk’s words as an accusation Insults are the kind of thing one might want to call a linguist to discuss, you know, as an expert witness.

From The Verge • Dec. 5, 2019

Insults were hurled: The philosophers called the greenwitches superstitious old wives, and the greenwitches retorted that not one of them was married.

From "Ash" by Malinda Lo