bugging

Example Sentences

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An audio bugging device left by MI5 recorded the whole thing.

From BBC • May 7, 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

Now, she claimed a senior reporter had tasked investigators with phone-tapping and bugging to get information for stories.

From BBC • Jan. 17, 2026

Since I got this office gig, Tai’s been bugging me about keeping up my average.

From "The Skin I'm In" by Sharon G. Flake