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Pizza parlours could lose their "human touch", she adds, and potentially also frustrate customers should the machines go wrong while no-one is around to step in.

From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026

They raise costs, squeeze margins, and frustrate managers.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 6, 2026

“There’s immense amount of pressure, and sometimes that pressure can get you and frustrate you in different ways,” said Clark.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 2, 2026

In fact, entire Reddit forums and YouTube channels are devoted to what’s called “scambaiting,” the practice of intentionally engaging with scammers to frustrate or troll them.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 28, 2026

I addressed the court and Justice Rumpff, trying to frustrate us, interrupted me.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela

Angelenos don’t mind haters — it’s the type of city that frustrates residents even on its best days.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 10, 2026

The process -- and the sheer size of the state of 40 million residents -- means California is always slow to finalize results, a fact that frustrates voters of all stripes.

From Barron's ● Jun. 9, 2026

"He has only been able to have weekend leave for the past three weeks, in a wheelchair, which frustrates him greatly: it feels like a sad step backward."

From BBC ● Apr. 15, 2026

What frustrates Adani is that India still has a small share of the world’s exports, at about 2%.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 9, 2026

She frustrates not only her teachers, but sometimes also her friends.

From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove

It’s coming from the point of view of jurors who are frustrated with this lone juror who is not agreeing with them and their characterization of this juror.

From Slate ● Sep. 4, 2026

She told MarketWatch that she feels disheartened, sad and frustrated by the way things have played out.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 4, 2026

Everton were also frustrated at a delay in receiving documents related to the deal from Monaco.

From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026

As recently as this year, Moreno had indicated he wasn’t looking to sell, much to the dismay of frustrated Angels fans desperate for an end to his tenure.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026

Sometimes Headmaster got frustrated and crumpled up Neel’s papers, and his red pen flew like a carving knife as he made endless corrections.

From "Tiger Boy" by Mitali Perkins

Broken bones and torn ligaments aside, what was particularly frustrating about my accident was what happened afterward.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026

The film plays hard to get with its own ideas, frustrating audiences who just want to see Fanning fall in love.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026

"If I didn't make the calls to the EA I would have heard absolutely nothing. Communication has been shocking and it's hurtful as a father and deeply frustrating," he said.

From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2026

While this scenario is frustrating, I’d encourage you to try to see things from Mary’s perspective.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 29, 2026

After my frustrating time of trying to write about my neighborhood the way I had seen other published authors write about theirs, I stopped writing for a while.

From "Bad Boy" by Walter Dean Myers