Example Sentences

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Iran has harassed commercial vessels in the crucial waterway—the gateway to the Persian Gulf—during previous periods of tension, but such incidents have been rare recently.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 3, 2026

“For years, DxE has harassed farm families and workers, trespassed on private property and stolen from local businesses,” Dayna Ghirardelli, executive director of the Sonoma County Farm Bureau, said in a statement.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 30, 2025

“The families’ plan is the only feasible path for ensuring that Jones‘ assets are quickly distributed to those he has harassed for more than a decade,” Mattei said in a statement Saturday.

From Washington Times • Dec. 16, 2023

DarkMatter hired former CIA and National Security Agency analysts, which raised concerns, especially as the UAE has harassed and imprisoned human rights activists.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 10, 2023

And the natural result has fallen to me likewise—for a guilty conscience has harassed me ever since, and I have not had one short quarter of an hour of peace to this moment.

From Mark Twain's Letters — Volume 2 (1867-1875) by Paine, Albert Bigelow