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Meantime the Federal Government has harried individual Longsters with one of the most spirited income tax investigations on record.

From Time Magazine Archive

Down in the canyon of the Boiling Water there is a band of outlaws that has harried this valley for years.

From The King of Arcadia by Lynde, Francis

Care's merciless vulture has harried her vitals, and furrowed her brow.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 103, December 17, 1892 by Burnand, F. C. (Francis Cowley), Sir

The costume was to be instantly recognized as one of those amazing conceptions to which competition has harried the inventors of the spectacular ballet.

From Whirligigs by Henry, O.

The worst of Sir Walter is, that he has harried all Scotland.

From Recreations of Christopher North, Volume I (of 2) by Wilson, John Lyde