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Mehsud’s fellow Pushtuns, who say the police have been harrying them for years, held protest marches.

From Economist • Mar. 8, 2018

In turn, the Chinese have armed the Khmer Rouge guerrillas, who have been harrying Hanoi's occupying army.

From Time Magazine Archive

Some of Glengarry's people have been harrying the country.

From The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 4 by Macaulay, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron