nuisance
Example Sentences
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The public nuisance offence carries a jail term of up to three months and a fine.
From Barron's • Apr. 29, 2026
“This should be mostly beneficial across the region, but some minor nuisance flooding is possible in urban and poor drainage areas if heavy rain showers or thunderstorms develop,” the weather service office in Monterey said.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 19, 2026
Kelly: How easy is it to just play angry and be a nuisance?
From BBC • Apr. 11, 2026
Skinner, however, argues that nuisance laws should only be used to address local, easily fixable problems, like excessive noise from a bar.
From Salon • Apr. 10, 2026
I soon made myself a nuisance by asking far too many questions of everybody.
From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright
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