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He traced this instinct to challenge those systems back to Socrates’ “gadfly” — the person whose job was to annoy power.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2026

“You can annoy them as much as you want,” said Partridge.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 16, 2026

And does that word annoy other football-loving nations?

From BBC ● Jun. 13, 2026

“If we invest wisely in life extension technologies, in 40 years, we’ll all be able to annoy our friends with complaints like ‘immortality almost never works,'” he said.

From Salon ● May 7, 2026

Since Tal's body language was so bizarre, Fischer interpreted it as an attempt to annoy him.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady

"The three-putt on 18 stings, annoys me, but I started the day with a two-shot lead and ended with a three, so that's a positive," he said.

From BBC ● Mar. 14, 2026

“That’s why it annoys me when we are dubbed the ‘lazy’ generation, or the generation that needs to cut back on avocado toast,” a user posting under the name Charlie Louise said on TikTok.

From MarketWatch ● Jan. 10, 2026

Reader William J. McHale cited tailgaters as one of the driver types that annoys him the most.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 23, 2025

When it gets too loud, “they know it kind of annoys me a little bit,” Delpique said, nodding to his staff.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 13, 2025

Either way, if it annoys Madoc, it pleases Vivi.

From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black

“I was very surprised, and also annoyed, that we had to find out about something like this from the press,” he told a German news outlet last week.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 1, 2026

She never answers my messages and seems annoyed when I ask questions.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 31, 2026

This is re-emerging as a rallying cry for foreign leaders such as German Chancellor Friedrich Merz annoyed that their countries are buying so many imports from China.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026

The show became cult viewing in Australia - and the team reformed to tour the country in 2005 - but the BBC never repeated it in the UK, something that annoyed the three performers.

From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026

She looks annoyed and rushes out the door.

From "The Light in Hidden Places" by Sharon Cameron

But it’s not only annoying pink welts that Faraji’s team is concerned about.

From Slate ● Aug. 4, 2026

“But I got so oppressively excited in my 20s that I started annoying people. My lesson was walk it back.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026

You’ll just end up annoying your manager or cultivating a combative relationship.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 21, 2026

He told Sky News he found the whole thing "really stupid" and "annoying" as well as historically inaccurate.

From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026

I roll my eyes like Camille’s nosiness is annoying me.

From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller