verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
sexually
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But claims that he sexually harassed her on a trip to Cannes were rejected.
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A Pentagon survey of 90, 000 soldiers last year found six in 10 claimed to have been sexually harassed .
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Or: Your boss and fellow workers constantly tell offensive jokes and you have been sexually harassed .
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On Okinawa, however, two-thirds of the 20 military women Fowler interviewed said they had been sexually harassed .
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The employees said he also sexually harassed Ernestine Anoma, an assistant to the director.
■ NOUN
call
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She continued to receive harassing phone calls and threatening letters.
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Sheffield received harassing phone calls most of last season.
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He says his proposals have earned him harassing late-night phone calls .
■ VERB
continue
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They asked for more, repeatedly, and continued to harass and threaten her.
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She continued to receive harassing phone calls and threatening letters.
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He succeeded on lap 17 and immediately closed on Mansell who, in turn, was continuing to harass Prost.
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Isolated rebel bands continue to harass government troops in the hills.
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He had told her that if she continued to harass him he would call the police.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Black teenagers are being constantly harassed by the police.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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As a result Beaumaris have raised their current points total to 53 as they harass the leaders Llanfairpwll who are on 54.
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Billing agencies harass poor people for the payment of the bills for purchases that might have taken place six months before.
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Moreover, Max is being harassed at school by a gang of thugs, carefully drawn as a multiethnic crew.
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Or stroll up to one of the distinctive sentry boxes, aligned so defenders could harass would-be invaders with a withering cross-fire.
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Over the following weeks, Portadown loyalists harassed the police in retaliation for what they claimed was police persecution.
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The enemy did not harass us much while we were constructing our batteries.
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The Rover closed right up, blatantly harassing him into making one mistake that would give them the excuse to stop him.