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Based on his experience, he estimates that roughly 20% of boards run timely evaluations, while most conduct a cursory exercise and still others don’t even bother with that.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026

When he does bother to campaign, he makes peculiar choices, such as at a late August event for which he wore a Four Seasons Orlando–branded golf shirt and what appeared to be a $40,000 watch.

From Slate ● Sep. 21, 2026

Some Tottenham fans missed the goal as they headed for their half-time refreshments but several thousand did not bother to stay until the end.

From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026

It was important that Misty be seen as someone who is in fact immensely talented, who may even be worth all the bother and strife that she brings along with her.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026

All of the apple trees were full of blossoms, and when you stood right in the middle of them you could smell their prettiness, but not so much it’d bother you.

From "Ida B" by Katherine Hannigan

"The way the notice arrived bothers me as much as the delay," chief data and AI officer Simon Liu from cyber-security firm TrustDecision told the BBC.

From BBC ● Sep. 24, 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

"I figure it'll probably disintegrate and probably nobody will ever hear it, that's what bothers me... if it rots in there before they open it."

From Barron's ● Aug. 26, 2026

Nobody bothers us—we’re not the only couple kissing beneath the stars, but I’m sure we are the only ones who’ve wanted this for almost a decade.

From "Starfish" by Akemi Dawn Bowman

Even if your husband commiserates with you, I wouldn’t assume that he is as bothered by his brother’s actions as you are.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 17, 2026

The Tigers are really well organised and are not bothered about how much possession they have, they are just bothered about being effective when they do get the ball.

From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026

"They never bothered to tell us that that's what's happening," he said.

From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 2026

Independent investors, for their part, have seemed little bothered.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 2026

No one ever bothered to lie to him.

From "Boy 2.0" by Tracey Baptiste

She has an up-and-down relationship with her one close friend, and she hesitates to bother her adored brother, Laurie, if it means bothering Laurie’s wife.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026

Their colonies grow faster and bigger, and they end up making news headlines by bothering humans.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 11, 2026

Ohtani reported that the area from his biceps to his neck was bothering him Wednesday night, Roberts said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026

When it offered him half a song, he said, “Good enough” — without even bothering to run it through a few rounds of polishing.

From Salon ● Aug. 6, 2026

“They rattle easy, poor creatures. And folks is always bothering them.”

From "Willodeen" by Katherine Applegate