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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of taunt.

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Examples

  • McCain taunted Obama about his limited travels overseas, and now that Obama is rectifying that, McCain is trying to suppress coverage – and succeeding.

    German Press Agog Over Obama - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com 2008

  • Second baseman Akinori Iwamura made two errors that led to unearned runs, and a frustrated Longoria - again taunted by chants of '' E-va!

    USATODAY.com 2008

  • Second baseman Akinori Iwamura made two errors that led to unearned runs, and a frustrated Longoria — again taunted by chants of E-va!

    Phillies rock Rays with homers to take 3-1 World Series lead 2008

  • When we were kids, if some bully called taunted us with an ugly name, we simply broke into a chorus of song.

    Racist! Fascist! Bigot! A childhood memory puts it into perspective… « Julian Ayrs & Pop Culture 2008

  • On Wednesday, quarterback Ben Roethlisberger said a Falcons defensive player he wouldn't name taunted him about his surgically repaired face before sacking him - the play in which the Super Bowl-winning quarterback received a concussion.

    USATODAY.com - Football - Pittsburgh vs. Atlanta 2006

  • She said the stalker had set up a false twitter account in her name and taunted her over the death of her father from lung cancer when she was teenager.

    Evening Standard - Home 2011

  • After reporting fights and public drunkenness near her home on the 300 block, Chayra said some of the people involved in those calls taunted her with jeers of "snitch" as she walked through the neighborhood.

    The Union - All Categories By Kyle Magin Staff Writer 2010

  • Throughout the fall, the Facebook profile set up in D.C.'s name taunted students: "At least I don't take pics of myself in the mirror like a homosexual midget," wrote "D.C."

    msnbc.com: Top msnbc.com headlines 2010

  • After reporting fights and public drunkenness near her home on the 300 block, Chayra said some of the people involved in those calls taunted her with jeers of "snitch" as she walked through the neighborhood.

    The Union - All Categories 2010

  • Yesterday, FreedomWorks chairman Dick Armey expressed personal disgust with Matthews for lending his name to the project, which has enraged tea partyers by repeating charges that they "taunted" black members of Congress during the March 2010 health care vote, and that the militia movement is part of the broader tea party wave.

    Tea partyers push back against 'The Rise of the New Right' with boycott 2010

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