bugging

Example Sentences

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As though rich people don’t know how to activate the block feature on their phones, and as though bugging them is the way to get them to do what you want.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 29, 2026

“What is bugging me is I think our voter rolls may be more accurate than this database,” Phillips said.

From Salon • Feb. 27, 2026

Now, she claimed a senior reporter had tasked investigators with phone-tapping and bugging to get information for stories.

From BBC • Jan. 17, 2026

But King’s resume, which would stretch from one end of Wimbledon’s Center Court to the other and keep going, is missing one thing, and that was bugging her.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 31, 2025

I say, “My stomach’s bugging me. I think I’m going home.”

From "All The Bright Places" by Jennifer Niven