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bullies

  • plural
    of bully.
    bully
    noun
    a blustering, mean, or predatory person who, from a perceived position of relative power, intimidates, abuses, harasses, or coerces people, especially those considered unlikely to defend themselves.
  • present tense form
    of bully (3rd person singular).
    bully
    noun
    a blustering, mean, or predatory person who, from a perceived position of relative power, intimidates, abuses, harasses, or coerces people, especially those considered unlikely to defend themselves.

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Karl, whose father served in the SAS, says the Army helped build his confidence, but the "damage was done" in his early childhood, with undiagnosed dyslexia making him a target for bullies.

From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026

“It is infectious to play a character who sees the best in people and isn’t mad at the world for all its foibles and bullies and shadows,” Sudeikis recently told the Hollywood Reporter.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 31, 2026

In a statement published in the Virginian-Pilot, Truelove said he drove to Granby High School in Norfolk because he thought bullies were threatening the school.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026

Lesley said: "The rights of the bullies were protected at all costs because of the inclusion policy."

From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026

I wasn’t the type of person to engineer fights between seventh-grade bullies and my brother after school, but I was still mad.

From "Proud" by Ibtihaj Muhammad