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  • present participle of bug.
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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

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

His eyes were this close to bugging out.

From "Pet" by Akwaeke Emezi




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