- present tense form of bug (3rd person singular).
bugs
Example Sentences
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The research adds to growing interest in a strategy known as "bugs as drugs."
From Science Daily ● Aug. 19, 2026
The next morning, she woke up to a "horrible realisation", feeling itchy with red lumps over her body and blood spots smeared on the bedding — the tell-tale signs of bed bugs, she said.
From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2026
The government removed the bugs when the war ended, but some wiring was left behind and is now on display at the museum, which opened as part of redevelopment by a property company.
From Barron's ● Aug. 5, 2026
After years of clumsy performance, AI models had a breakthrough moment last fall, when they became noticeably better at finding bugs and passing hacking-benchmarking tests.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 1, 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
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