bedeviled

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When Paul and Gaz confront Dee, Taylor’s response is so cowardly that it’s pathetic, suggesting a spinelessness that bedeviled him long before he wound up in jail.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 24, 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

Buying the stock means believing that Fermi can overcome hurdles that have bedeviled better-established infrastructure companies.

From Barron's • Sep. 30, 2025

A string of especially perplexing breakdowns had bedeviled the lab that year, at a time when Lawrence was struggling to fill a mounting stack of orders for radioisotopes from all over the country.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik