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She further claims she was harassed when she requested time off to attend her brother’s funeral Mass.

From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026

The actress plays an outdoors-loving adrenaline junkie harassed by a group of hunters in director Baltasar Kormákur’s spectacular, unsettling film.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026

Employees are regularly harassed by customers, the 66-year-old said.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 2026

Mills told reporters Tuesday he has never sexually harassed his staff, that he’s not under indictment, and that “it was essentially just something where it was a bad breakup.”

From Slate • Apr. 16, 2026

I am just about to flee the dining hall rather than participate in careful, polite Abnegation conversation when Tobias comes in, looking harassed.

From "Insurgent" by Veronica Roth