bug
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Ali envisions someday performing as the bug in the desert in the Middle East and maybe building a children’s public playground as a “fun manifestation” of the project.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026
Laura Hansler, from the A9 Dual Action campaign group, said the bug was fixed after a member of the group contacted the Google Maps team in London.
From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026
The team developed an AI-based controller that allows the robotic bug to perform demanding aerial maneuvers, including repeated body flips.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026
Cyber researchers regularly participate in bug bounty programs, which stress-test major companies’ digital infrastructure.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
“Yep. The little guy seemed kind of lonely in the kennel, so I made a sling for him out of one of my old T-shirts last night. See? Snug as a bug in a rug.”
From "A Boy Called Bat" by Elana K. Arnold
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“It was pretty much just fight bugs, fight reptiles,” he said.
From Slate ● Sep. 22, 2026
In their report, OIG inspectors said they found immigrants held at the facility had to use showers infested with small bugs and were only allowed to do so three times a week.
From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026
They tried to exploit a pair of bugs that could have allowed it to publish new versions of existing RubyGems’ files that belonged to other users, the AI researchers said in their report.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
"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
Little does she know that going to Ghana means a freakishly long plane ride to a place with bugs as big as our faces.
From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer
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They knew every room was bugged, every driver was an informant, every bit of luggage was open to query.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026
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
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
It’s just one of a million things that have bugged me for years about this kid.
From "Crash" by Jerry Spinelli
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“Everybody’s been bugging me about this one thing: ‘Would you do me a favor?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026
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
In tears, she said it was "deeply hurtful" to read the statement of a private investigator who allegedly admitted, in her words to the court on Thursday, "bugging and listening to all my conversations."
From BBC ● Jan. 22, 2026
“She dragged me there after bugging me for months. She didn’t even know about—uh.”
From "Ask the Passengers" by A.S. King
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Computer Science and Technology - Introductory
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