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"So much so, that we suspect an artificial intelligence machine created the novel and that the author didn't even bother to read through the work," she added.

From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026

“The heat doesn’t bother me much,” he said, unloading his bicycle — a blue and yellow 1989 Trek 400 — from the trunk of his car on a side street in Reseda.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026

The bigger question is: Why even bother renominating him?

From Slate ● Aug. 1, 2026

“If she’d have gone to Lowe’s or Home Depot, it wouldn’t bother me. But you’re opening a school? That bothered me.”

From Salon ● Jul. 27, 2026

“They chased the whale when my mother died. Now they want to bring people to stare at us and bother the animals—and Jack hates them. You can’t bring them here!”

From "Nim’s Island" by Wendy Orr

What bothers me is that you signed a document — we don’t even know if it was an acceptance of appointment — without reading it.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 7, 2026

"I think sometimes my lack of friends tends to bother the people around me more than it bothers me."

From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2026

But it bothers me that the last two times that small-caps beat the biggest by so much, it was painful for investors.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 5, 2026

“Power Ballad” nods toward a dozen interesting themes, none of which it bothers to explore.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 28, 2026

No one bothers with the words of the mad, after all.

From "The Girl Who Drank the Moon" by Kelly Barnhill

“If she’d have gone to Lowe’s or Home Depot, it wouldn’t bother me. But you’re opening a school? That bothered me.”

From Salon ● Jul. 27, 2026

"You could see he wasn't bothered about the stoppage, he just needed those priceless rounds. But this fight against Wach is one he will not lose under any circumstances. It's ceremonial."

From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026

“They didn’t seem bothered by my presence in the least.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026

Through more than four years of the Russian invasion, 27-year-old Oleksiy Virskovsky largely hasn't bothered going to the underground shelter in the building next door -- despite almost nightly missile and drone attacks.

From Barron's ● Jul. 9, 2026

"Lieutenant Kappe bothered the hell out of me to give him some reliable address in the United States through which he could always reach me."

From Nazi Saboteurs by Samantha Seiple

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

She said: "I would encourage people, if you've got wasps that are bothering you, just to keep calm and try and move away. If you keep calm, they will sense that and won't feel threatened."

From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026

“Love and Death in the American Novel” made its case without bothering with notes or bibliography, yet garnered praise from such eminent critics as Lionel Trilling and George Steiner.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 2026

They’re watching a movie with 4,000 people, and nobody’s bothering them.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 19, 2026

I pick a cereal, pour it in the bowl, and eat fast, barely bothering to chew.

From "The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman" by Gennifer Choldenko