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The defendant is alleged to have harassed MailOnline journalists Andrew Young and Jacob Dirnhuber through his X social media account between 5 and 7 August last year.

From BBC • Jun. 5, 2025

In retaliation for exposing them, he said, fraudsters have harassed him on his social media accounts and cellphone, calls he answers with a cheerful, “Provincetown Police Department!”

From New York Times • May 28, 2023

Russian officials have harassed Jewish Agency field officers before the cases were settled to show “us who’s the boss,” the official said.

From Washington Post • Jul. 25, 2022

Starbucks has claimed that members of Workers United, which represents Starbucks unions, have harassed and intimidated nonunion workers.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 6, 2022

We have done no great deeds, but we have harassed the Romans sorely, so that they could not say that they held the country beyond the flight of their arrows.

From For the Temple A Tale of the Fall of Jerusalem by Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)