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"If our country is not strong, then others will bully us, so we hope for a stronger country, especially military-wise. We wouldn't want to bully others, but to protect ourselves."

From Reuters • Jul. 1, 2021

You will see what occurred yesterday respecting the Catholic question; they will bully Plunket into moving it, which for one I shall be sorry for.

From Memoirs of the Court of George IV. 1820-1830 (Vol 1) From the Original Family Documents by Buckingham and Chandos, Richard Plantagenet Temple Nugent Brydges Chandos Grenville, Duke of

She will bully, and I never could stand being bullied—I always knock under.

From A Terrible Secret by Fleming, May Agnes

The practice of letters is miserably harassing to the mind; and after an hour or two's work, all the more human portion of the author is extinct; he will bully, backbite, and speak daggers.

From Virginibus Puerisque and Other Papers by Stevenson, Robert Louis

The practice of letters is miserably harassing to the mind; and after an hour or two’s work, all the more human portion of the author is extinct; he will bully, backbite, and speak daggers.

From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 2 (of 25) by Stevenson, Robert Louis