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bug

[buhg] / bʌg /
NOUN
bacterium, microorganism
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VERB
listen to without permission
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The scene where Harris approached a captured bug, rocking an ankle-length black trench coat with his blonde hair in a close crew cut, was the closest “Troopers” came to clubbing the audience in the ribs.

From Salon Sep. 9, 2026

Sustainable Hatherleigh runs a range of projects to support the community, from leading bug hunts and encouraging wildflowers and biodiversity in the local graveyard to community composting and running a repair café.

From BBC Sep. 5, 2026

“I imagine there’s some sort of glitch or bug that’s blasting all your followers when you use similar captions,” they surmised.

From Slate Aug. 28, 2026

The negative mental-health impact of social media isn’t a bug, it’s a feature.

From MarketWatch Aug. 18, 2026

I don’t want to bug her, but this is important!

From "Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero" by Kelly J. Baptist

"Then we went to put in the second model, and it took a couple of days. The testing was easier, and there were far fewer bugs," he said.

From Science Daily Sep. 6, 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

August is peak season for the bugs in L.A., she said, citing data from iNaturalist, a citizen science app.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 18, 2026

But that is hard to tell when you first wake up and see dozens of bugs covering every inch of your comforter.

From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova

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

But increasingly, I find myself getting bugged by a lot of things, no matter how trivial they are in the grand scheme.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 1, 2026

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

Mr. Peckleman’s eyes bugged out and he sneered.

From "Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics" by Chris Grabenstein

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

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

Deep down, he knew what was really bugging him and why he was in such an up-and-down mood.

From "Eleven" by Tom Rogers




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