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Pizza parlours could lose their "human touch", she adds, and potentially also frustrate customers should the machines go wrong while no-one is around to step in.

From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026

If he can frustrate Uruguay the same way, Cape Verde could be through to the round of 32.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 19, 2026

They raise costs, squeeze margins, and frustrate managers.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 6, 2026

In fact, entire Reddit forums and YouTube channels are devoted to what’s called “scambaiting,” the practice of intentionally engaging with scammers to frustrate or troll them.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 28, 2026

Expecting them to will only frustrate both the children and yourself.

From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin

But there is one thing that frustrates Randolph: “That he waited two years to come play for me.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 25, 2026

The process -- and the sheer size of the state of 40 million people -- means California is always slow to finalize results, a fact that frustrates voters of all stripes.

From Barron's ● Jun. 5, 2026

Based on Donald E. Westlake’s novel “The Hunter,” “Point Blank” has all the makings of a highly involving thriller, but Mr. Boorman consistently frustrates these expectations with more artistic aims.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 15, 2026

"He has only been able to have weekend leave for the past three weeks, in a wheelchair, which frustrates him greatly: it feels like a sad step backward."

From BBC ● Apr. 15, 2026

And what frustrates me most is that I do know that.

From "Hurricane Child" by Kheryn Callender

He did it on purpose being frustrated at the CIF transfer policies.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2026

When the meeting took place, Bach was a frustrated teacher and choir leader in Leipzig.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026

Homeowners frustrated with the new flood designation may think of going “bare,” or not getting flood insurance.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 23, 2026

"Politics in sport, when you're the performer, it frustrates you. But if you get too frustrated, all it's going to do is upset your own performance."

From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026

Farmer was more anxious than ever, frustrated that he couldn’t return to Cange.

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French

Edward Craven KC, acting on behalf of the bereaved families, echoed the chair's comments on the newly discovered documents, saying the disclosure represented yet another example of the MoD frustrating the justice process.

From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026

“The most frustrating part in all of this is just being left in limbo indefinitely,” said Woods, a San Diego resident.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026

After years of body blows from COVID, fires and more, this obstacle was especially frustrating.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026

"It's very frustrating, especially when you know that you are fit and healthy and you haven't even been given the opportunity to fail," he said.

From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026

After my frustrating time of trying to write about my neighborhood the way I had seen other published authors write about theirs, I stopped writing for a while.

From "Bad Boy" by Walter Dean Myers