bother
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A scientist has chosen to sleep with bedbugs for the past five years - and says the bites "don't bother him at all".
From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026
"To go back to being the young father who would go to the park with his son and wife, and no one would bother them."
From Barron's ● Oct. 28, 2026
Along with the Louvre, the Musée d’Orsay announced that it would shut for the weekend and tourists like Washington, who didn’t bother with Eiffel Tower tickets, are staying away from major sites.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2026
“As long as he’s not causing the other team to have a five-on-four transition opportunity, it doesn’t bother me.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 24, 2026
I ice my shin and do my physical therapy stretches when Mom reminds me to, but otherwise, I don’t bother.
From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison
Finding a little nook where nobody bothers you feels like the ultimate luxury.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
“You don’t live through a disaster like this without forever thinking about the next disaster. ... It bothers a lot of us that the county doesn’t seem to share that vigilance.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 2026
These are fair questions the film never bothers to consider, instead favoring inert dialogue and needle drops that tell the audience when they’re supposed to be moved.
From Salon ● Sep. 14, 2026
If the attention bothers him, it doesn't show.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
No one bothers with the words of the mad, after all.
From "The Girl Who Drank the Moon" by Kelly Barnhill
Some of them couldn’t even be bothered to vote.
From Salon ● Nov. 4, 2026
McDonnell, he said, hasn’t even bothered to give out his cellphone number.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 31, 2026
The people in Hopper’s pictures have bothered some viewers, because they can look stilted or wooden.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026
A T. rex would not have bothered, as we would have been too small.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 14, 2026
He’s not very bothered to watch them, either.
From "The Light in Hidden Places" by Sharon Cameron
We’re not even bothering to compare it to a presidential election because they’re different beasts.
From Salon ● Nov. 2, 2026
His work is autobiographical and based on whatever has been bothering him that year.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2026
Voters tend to pocket success and focus on what’s bothering them.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026
Their colonies grow faster and bigger, and they end up making news headlines by bothering humans.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 11, 2026
Nathan said, not even bothering to hide how annoyed he sounded.
From "Healer of the Water Monster" by Brian Young
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