pester
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There’s a store chain called Five Below that is designed to maximize pester power.
From Barron's ● Jun. 5, 2026
Ham-handed police officers pester Janey for details: Why did she touch Samantha’s dress?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 13, 2026
It was to ensure he was comfortable with the task required to impress NFL teams that poke, prod and pester players during the evaluation process.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 26, 2025
But eventually a friend encouraged her to "pester" her GP for a scan.
From BBC ● Dec. 8, 2024
He paused there, hands on the wet iron railing, looking out across the black water while his dæmon wound herself round his legs, pretending to pester for attention but really watching every movement behind them.
From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman
He described Mr Amro as an "anarchist who frequently pesters IDF soldiers in Hebron".
From BBC ● Feb. 14, 2023
Now, she said, her family pesters her for festival tickets, and she is preparing to direct a new film to be shot in Saudi Arabia.
From New York Times ● Dec. 27, 2021
That is, it pesters potential customers on insurers’ behalf.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 14, 2021
Mundey, who often pesters Neiko about taking good shots and getting back on defense, yelled from the sideline.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 13, 2017
This information comes in handy when he pesters me to finish my vegetables.
From "The Science of Breakable Things" by Tae Keller
He pestered his parents and friends about the risks of AI.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 16, 2026
Surely only Williams pestered the woman about it afterwards.
From Salon ● Jan. 7, 2025
As we explored, I pestered Endro for the names of the trees we passed.
From National Geographic ● Jan. 23, 2024
Repeatedly pestered by a friend into creating a race around Mont Blanc, husband and wife Michel and Catherine Poletti eventually gave in.
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2023
Now she endured the indifferent kisses of her grandchildren as if she was being pestered by mosquitoes.
From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood
Worn down by pestering, our parents relented and allowed ginger ale at Sunday dinner.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
Become a real nuisance and tech boosters will eventually give up, handing the future back to the pestering, teeming masses.
From Salon ● Apr. 13, 2026
In mitigation, the court heard Hamilton's messages were "pestering" but not "sexual, threatening or obscene".
From BBC ● Apr. 10, 2026
As she waits for her fiancé, who is delayed by inclement weather, to arrive, her guests buzz around her like candy-colored flies, pestering her.
From New York Times ● May 30, 2024
When he wasn’t pestering her, he was pestering me.
From "Old Yeller" by Fred Gipson
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