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bug

[buhg] / bʌg /
NOUN
bacterium, microorganism
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VERB
listen to without permission
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In this instance, Boeing "fixed a known bug" but introduced "a new bug, smaller."

From Barron's ● Sep. 28, 2026

The bug is her “totally humorous take on hybridity.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026

Laura Hansler, from the A9 Dual Action campaign group, said the bug was fixed after a member of the group contacted the Google Maps team in London.

From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026

The team developed an AI-based controller that allows the robotic bug to perform demanding aerial maneuvers, including repeated body flips.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026

I wanted to tell her I thought her bug was the coolest one I ever saw.

From Absolutely Almost by Lisa Graff

“It was pretty much just fight bugs, fight reptiles,” he said.

From Slate ● Sep. 22, 2026

Foo said he doesn’t know how many years the orange-winged cicadas need to spend underground—he estimated between two and six—meaning next year’s bugs may be the offspring of adults from several years prior.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 2026

“I did a lot with VoiceOver, fixing bugs on it and helping it integrate with other apps,” Eves said.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 29, 2026

While the cases are spread out, scientists used a type of comprehensive genetic fingerprinting called whole-genome sequencing, which revealed the bugs involved are all closely related.

From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026

“A growing boy can’t grow on this,” she said, holding up the offending bowl like it was full of bugs and not cereal.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin

Now it has become a museum called Trent Park House of Secrets, which highlights the role of the team of German speakers, most of them Jewish refugees, who transcribed titbits from the prisoners' bugged conversations.

From Barron's ● Aug. 5, 2026

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

“Oh, I bugged everybody from my siblings and neighbors. And I’d kick it with anybody that wanted to give me some attention,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 7, 2026

She told documentary makers: "I think that bugged me more than anything. It was never reported correctly at all. I was not a 'friend'."

From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2025

He leaned closer and bugged his eyes out.

From "A Wish in the Dark" by Christina Soontornvat

“Everybody’s been bugging me about this one thing: ‘Would you do me a favor?

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026

Detectives turned to a daring undercover operation - bugging Michael Stewart's home and car, placing listening devices on his brother's car, and sending two covert officers into Michael's life.

From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026

As though rich people don’t know how to activate the block feature on their phones, and as though bugging them is the way to get them to do what you want.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 29, 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

Onboard, Tally found the breath to ask a question that had been bugging her.

From "Uglies" by Scott Westerfeld




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