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annoy

[uh-noi] / əˈnɔɪ /


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But also: “Bass is such an important part of the sound that if somebody else was doing it, they would never do it the same as me, and it would annoy me.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026

"It doesn't annoy me. I get that they do need to get what they can because it's a short career and they have to look after themselves."

From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026

Some days, these meetings annoy me so much that I want to quit.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 18, 2026

He started doing it because it was a good way to annoy his dad, and it has stuck.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 20, 2026

For some reason this seemed to annoy Hermione as well; she didn’t say anything, but she kept looking darkly at the broom as though it too had been criticizing her cat.

From "Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban" by J.K. Rowling

Pay the extra money to fix the patio if it annoys you, and let go of your frustration around the guy who did not do the job properly.

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 17, 2026

"The three-putt on 18 stings, annoys me, but I started the day with a two-shot lead and ended with a three, so that's a positive," he said.

From BBC ● Mar. 14, 2026

"It annoys me that I have to do that, but it's a trick that works," she says.

From BBC ● Mar. 11, 2026

Other topics we look at include the growing health risk for people under 55, family money meetings and the corporate jargon that annoys you most.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 28, 2026

It annoys my father no end, but he rationalizes it by saying, “We live in a service economy. We all have to feed it somehow.”

From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman

“I’m annoyed by them, they get annoyed with me in practice. Just continuing to do that will make me better for sure.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026

Get annoyed that breakfast had somehow become a decision I needed to make before coffee.

From Salon ● Sep. 22, 2026

When I was updating the instructions I use for Claude, for example, I had it review a bunch of my past chats to look for signals of when I was annoyed by an AI response.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026

“You just kind of get annoyed and exhausted, because you think it’s an opportunity and it really isn’t,” she said.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 5, 2026

Naano got annoyed at him and told me, “Don’t listen to that bakwaas.”

From "Zara’s Rules for Record-Breaking Fun" by Hena Khan

If so, I’ll defer to what my father told me was mine: asking annoying questions.

From Salon ● Oct. 2, 2026

She told detectives she left the puppy at a park because it had been annoying her boyfriend by biting on his shoes and belongings, according to department spokesperson Natalie Garcia.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

But all that noise isn’t just annoying; it’s also potentially dangerous.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026

"He is a phenomenal talent, is very well liked in dressing room as well and seems to be one of those guys who is good at everything he does, which will be incredibly annoying."

From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026

Two little kids chase each other by the lion cub model, annoying an older boy doing homework.

From "Muffled" by Jennifer Gennari




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