bedeviled

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No one is predicting the same type that bedeviled the economy during the 1970s, but the signs of a problem are there all the same.

From Barron's • Mar. 6, 2026

Employment reforms have bedeviled successive Indian governments since the country first opened its economy to the world in 1991, after nearly half a century of autarky.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 26, 2026

It is a piece of information that has bedeviled me since I read it 10 years ago, as I could never quite figure out where and how it fit into the timing of events.

From Slate • Dec. 1, 2025

Nick is bedeviled by his thieving foes, fascinated by them, and now has nothing to lose.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 9, 2025

The old man who had called the police was the same one whom we had constantly bedeviled as we snatched transfer pads earlier that week.

From "Bad Boy" by Walter Dean Myers