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as in tease
a person who causes repeated emotional pain, distress, or annoyance to another
the teasers were never satisfied until they had caused their victim to burst into tears
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as in nuisance
one who is obnoxiously annoying
he was by nature a teaser, someone who kept testing people to see if they could calmly bear his put-downs
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Recent Examples of teaser
But as the new teaser reveals, his fellow players in this version of the games won't be easy to control.
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Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 31 Oct. 2024
Navigating the miasma of content, rates, and teaser deals requires Points Guy level dedication.
—Emil Steiner, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2024
Emmy winner Colman Domingo (Euphoria) is caught in a conspiracy in a first teaser for Netflix’s The Madness, premiering Thursday, Nov. 28:
Which of today’s TVLine Items pique your interest?
—Vlada Gelman, TVLine, 28 Oct. 2024
The show stars Lee Jung-jae, Lee Byung-hun, Gong Yoo, and Wi Ha-jun.
Check out the teaser for the Korean drama here.
—Brian Welk, IndieWire, 28 Oct. 2024
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Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 31 Oct. 2024
Navigating the miasma of content, rates, and teaser deals requires Points Guy level dedication.
—Emil Steiner, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2024
Emmy winner Colman Domingo (Euphoria) is caught in a conspiracy in a first teaser for Netflix’s The Madness, premiering Thursday, Nov. 28:
Which of today’s TVLine Items pique your interest?
—Vlada Gelman, TVLine, 28 Oct. 2024
The show stars Lee Jung-jae, Lee Byung-hun, Gong Yoo, and Wi Ha-jun.
Check out the teaser for the Korean drama here.
—Brian Welk, IndieWire, 28 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for teaser
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Photograph: Alamy Stock Photo An Apple event staple is the famous game dev gushing over new Apple hardware, followed by a tease of upcoming high-end titles.Craig Grannell, WIRED, 4 Nov. 2024
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Or what about the spot-on intro, pre-commercial teases, and insanely bright lighting?Proma Khosla, IndieWire, 29 Oct. 2024
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In journalism circles, Mezrich is known as one of the great nuisances of modern nonfiction — a man who has built his career making things up.Simon van Zuylen-Wood, Vulture, 1 Nov. 2024
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The county contends the plastic pollution traced to products made by the companies constitutes a public nuisance that they must be forced to redress.Nate Raymond, USA TODAY, 1 Nov. 2024
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Retzlaff has also taken to social media to share his annoyance about the situation.David Faris, Newsweek, 2 Nov. 2024
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Expressing dismay that some of her more exciting stories were cut, her grandchildren weren’t mentioned, and the allure of her magazines wasn’t touched upon, Stewart expressed her annoyance that her prison sentence got so much attention.Chloe Berger, Fortune, 30 Oct. 2024
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Common Pests & Plant Diseases Insect pests of camellias include tea scales and aphids, both of which produce a waste product called honeydew that encourages sooty mold to grow on the foliage.Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 31 Oct. 2024
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Seventy years later, our arsenal for controlling pests has grown and diversified.Salama Udaipurwala, JSTOR Daily, 30 Oct. 2024
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“Teaser.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/teaser. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.
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