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

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 18, 2026

He traced this instinct to challenge those systems back to Socrates’ “gadfly” — the person whose job was to annoy power.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2026

But while budgets overall are up there are weak spots that could annoy Trump: three countries, including the Czech Republic and Slovenia, are expected to slip under the two-percent benchmark this year.

From Barron's ● Jun. 30, 2026

“If we invest wisely in life extension technologies, in 40 years, we’ll all be able to annoy our friends with complaints like ‘immortality almost never works,'” he said.

From Salon ● May 7, 2026

I used my brothers to further my plan; I cracked my knuckles to annoy them.

From "The Joy Luck Club" by Amy Tan

That is the kind of talk that annoys Meyer, who noted the San Diego Padres used to take from the revenue-sharing fund and now pay into it.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 2, 2026

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

From BBC ● Mar. 11, 2026

If business lingo annoys you, ping us with the details.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 6, 2026

“That’s why it annoys me when we are dubbed the ‘lazy’ generation, or the generation that needs to cut back on avocado toast,” a user posting under the name Charlie Louise said on TikTok.

From MarketWatch ● Jan. 10, 2026

It annoys her that the waiter, perfectly attentive, looks neither of them in the eye as he describes the menu, speaking instead to the bottle of mineral water positioned between them.

From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri

During the show’s filming, Foster explained that he is coming up on the one-year renewal period for his real-estate license, which he decided to renew despite being annoyed by the fees he had to pay.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 19, 2026

"And what if the Yaroslavl refinery shuts down for good?" asked Dmitry, visibly annoyed as he filled up his Lexus after a 15-minute wait at a petrol station in eastern Moscow.

From Barron's ● Aug. 12, 2026

This is re-emerging as a rallying cry for foreign leaders such as German Chancellor Friedrich Merz annoyed that their countries are buying so many imports from China.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026

In fact, annoyed is not the word I would use, but there was a multitude that I would, with Carlos.

From BBC ● Jul. 26, 2026

“Teddy! Stop,” I beg, and the phone-scrolling adult gives me an annoyed look.

From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison

You don’t want to be fumbling around at the kiosks, annoying the passengers in line behind you.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026

It’s the most annoying way to unlock your iPhone.

From Slate ● Aug. 5, 2026

Despite the evidence that so many of us find it annoying, we also appear hugely reluctant to actually do anything about it.

From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026

But it’s not just the buzzing that’s annoying residents in this working-class neighborhood — there are health concerns.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026

But for some reason, watching this annoying squirrel commercial made a new thought bubble up inside his brain.

From "Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics" by Chris Grabenstein