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小学生の高学年の頃から、二人は関係を揶揄われるようになった。
What could this mean? Isn't ~ようになる intransitive?
While you're right that ようになる is 自動詞, but 揶揄{からか}う is not. You're parsing the sentence as :
二人は関係を [揶揄われるよう] になった。
Whereas it should've been
二人は [関係を揶揄われる] よう になった。