badgered

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Later headlines would say that Solanas believed Warhol “controlled her life” and that he had “legal claim” over her self-published writing, which she frequently badgered him to read.

From Salon • Apr. 29, 2026

When Stolz was just 11 years old in Wisconsin, he badgered his then-coach, Jeff Brand, into letting him tag along in an “ice marathon” workout—100 laps and 40,000 meters, or just shy of 25 miles.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 21, 2026

For months, Meta’s algorithm badgered me to buy a little piece of plastic mounted on a magnet.

From Slate • Sep. 5, 2025

Nigel Roebuck, who has led Aslef's negotiations with LNER, said members had complained about being consistently "badgered for favours" by managers "outside of rostering agreements and being contacted remotely".

From BBC • Aug. 16, 2024

His first drafts were always sketchy and abrupt like e-mail— and he resisted my editing suggestions—but he did listen when I badgered him to take more time, consider more carefully what he wanted to say.

From "Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho" by Jon Katz