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That afternoon, when Hillary arrived in Harlem to visit an after-school program, the crowd was jeering reporters, chanting, “Leave Bill alone!”

From Time • Jan. 26, 2015

That afternoon, when Hillary arrived in Harlem to visit an after-school program, the crowd was jeering reporters, chanting, "Leave Bill alone!"

From Time Magazine Archive

I heard whistles & cheering, or maybe it was jeering, until it faded away into the distance.

From "The (Mostly) True Story of Cleopatra's Needle" by Dan Gutman

Just now things not quite so charming filled the bill, for madame was jeering at him in a manner not to be misunderstood.

From Cleek, the Master Detective by Hanshew, Thomas W.

Mallinson was jeering at the journalist's metaphor of the 'throbbing heart' as applied to London.

From The Philanderers by Mason, A. E. W. (Alfred Edward Woodley)