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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
accost .
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Examples
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Rockton accosts the heroine in the mews and forces a kiss on her.
How to Woo a Reluctant Lady Deborah Gonzales 2011
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The gang enters the school, accosts the headmaster demanding money, or they will kill a student.
Everythings gone straight to Hell since Sinatra played Juarez 2009
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"Excuse me, are you Tony Hsieh?" say the slightly breathless fellow who accosts us as we walked back towards the Cocktail Room.
Paul Carr: The Strip Diary, Day Twenty One: From Sin City to Sim City -- Tony Hsieh's Plan to Rebuild Downtown Vegas Paul Carr 2011
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 With Daddy Bat out of the picture, Batgirl suddenly sneaks up and accosts Green Arrow, who obligingly tries to skewer her.
Batman and The Outsiders #4 | Major Spoilers - Comic Book Reviews and News 2009
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The gang enters the school, accosts the headmaster demanding money, or they will kill a student.
Everythings gone straight to Hell since Sinatra played Juarez 2009
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"Excuse me, are you Tony Hsieh?" say the slightly breathless fellow who accosts us as we walked back towards the Cocktail Room.
Paul Carr: The Strip Diary, Day Twenty One: From Sin City to Sim City -- Tony Hsieh's Plan to Rebuild Downtown Vegas Paul Carr 2011
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"Excuse me, are you Tony Hsieh?" say the slightly breathless fellow who accosts us as we walked back towards the Cocktail Room.
Paul Carr: The Strip Diary, Day Twenty One: From Sin City to Sim City -- Tony Hsieh's Plan to Rebuild Downtown Vegas Paul Carr 2011
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Rockton accosts the heroine in the mews and forces a kiss on her.
How to Woo a Reluctant Lady Deborah Gonzales 2011
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Throughout, Wilson periodically accosts various strangers, and these encounters often resemble concise, absurdist dramas.
Daniel Clowes's new graphic novel "Wilson," reviewed by Michael Dirda 2010
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Desire fractures class boundaries and Nicholas Garrett's Don glides between the posh hotel where he accosts Laura Mitchell's bourgeois Elvira, the East End pub where Masetto (Robert Winslade Anderson) and Zerlina (Claire Wild) are holding their wedding reception, and the aristocratic masked ball where he makes off with Ana James's all-too-willing Anna.
Don Giovanni 2010
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