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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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I ask her if these environments are full of bullies.

From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026

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

“I’m a hundred percent sure there are some bullies still there,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 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

It’d been that way ever since they’d faced off against the bullies.

From "The School for Whatnots" by Margaret Peterson Haddix