bug
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More than 1,600 cases of the parasitic bug cyclosporiasis have been confirmed since April, with most in Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio and West Virginia.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
Scaling back any sort of surveillance or intelligence system related to that bug is not going to be good.
From Slate ● Jul. 17, 2026
Many caught the bug at a top business school where “entrepreneurship through acquisition” courses are now a standard part of the curriculum.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
Rice, who suffered with a sickness bug in the lead-up to Saturday's quarter-final victory over Norway in Miami, was substituted at half-time.
From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026
It was the biggest bug I’d ever seen, bigger than two giant pink erasers stuck together.
From Absolutely Almost by Lisa Graff
It’s been a tough time for gold bugs over recent months, but are things about to get better?
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 20, 2026
Border police at Portugal's Faro airport also told the BBC the Entry Exit System technology suffered from bugs, but insisted any queues there would go down quickly.
From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2026
The chasteness of Nolan’s version bugs me as it’s insulting he doesn’t trust audiences to grapple with this hero’s moral complexity — and I’m gut-sick that he’s probably right.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026
Corrections & Amplifications: The Wall Street Journal reported Saturday that security researchers say the latest release from China’s Zhipu AI is as good as the latest U.S. models at finding security bugs.
From Barron's ● Jun. 30, 2026
She waved the air in front of her face like bugs were swarming.
From "Millionaires for the Month" by Stacey McAnulty
My department chairman intervened, and I avoided arrest—though a student later told me my apartment was likely bugged.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026
The couple kept close tabs on their permit applications and bugged Los Angeles County when they felt things weren’t moving fast enough.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 20, 2026
He inserted himself into the talks, arranging meetings in a bugged office building that allowed federal agents to record every word.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2025
Vice Presidential nominee JD Vance told podcaster Joe Rogan on Thursday that he bugged out from a game of mini-golf after he heard of Donald Trump's assassination attempt.
From Salon ● Oct. 31, 2024
Her eyes bugged out and she balled her fists.
From "One Crazy Summer" by Rita Williams-Garcia
Nature-loving travelers from around the globe are bugging out over the fireflies, descending en masse on isolated stretches of the U.S.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 3, 2026
“What is bugging me is I think our voter rolls may be more accurate than this database,” Phillips said.
From Salon ● Feb. 27, 2026
A spokesperson for ANL has previously said it had "denied under oath that its journalists had commissioned or obtained information derived from phone hacking, phone tapping, bugging, computer or email hacking or burglary to order".
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2025
It says it has "denied under oath that its journalists had commissioned or obtained information derived from phone-hacking, phone-tapping, bugging, computer or email-hacking or burglary to order."
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2025
Onboard, Tally found the breath to ask a question that had been bugging her.
From "Uglies" by Scott Westerfeld
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