nuisance
Example Sentences
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A patent troll acquires broad patents not to develop any technology but to extract settlement money through essentially meritless nuisance suits.
"Judges and social workers in Abruzzo, don't be a nuisance," he said, pointing to a need for judicial reform.
From Barron's
Police arrested him the next day and charged him with public nuisance, to which Wen pleaded guilty.
From BBC
After noting conditions consistent with overcrowding and heavy alcohol consumption, authorities issued a civil notice violation relating to public nuisances involving loud and unruly gatherings.
From Los Angeles Times
The man who charged at Ariana Grande at the ‘Wicked: For Good’ premiere in Singapore has been sentenced to jail after being convicted as a public nuisance.
From Los Angeles Times
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