hassle
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So you would have gone through the hassle and expense of transferring the property for no tax reason.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 25, 2026
Changing prices and wages can be a hassle, or be bound by contracts, so prices can actually be “sticky.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
While you know it could save hundreds of pounds, you might be wondering if it's worth the hassle.
From BBC ● Jul. 12, 2026
For first-time guests Ty Birtles and his girlfriend, the security protocol wasn’t really a hassle; it was easy to get in.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 2026
“But you did. You didn’t let those guys hassle Alex.”
From "A Good Kind of Trouble" by Lisa Moore Ramée
To avoid transportation hassles around the city, they also rented two double-decker tour buses to ferry guests from the ceremony to the reception.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 3, 2026
Javier Pérez came with his family for the opener and told the BBC that the excitement now outweighs any hassles experienced up to this point.
From BBC ● Jun. 11, 2026
It’s not the hassles and aggravation that most people put up with.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 15, 2026
Others said it’s not worth it to dress up, especially given the hassles now often associated with air travel.
From MarketWatch ● Feb. 26, 2026
The hall monitor hassles us, but Boy21 remembered to get a pass, so we’re okay.
From "Boy21" by Matthew Quick
Despite his well-known opposition to the ballot measure, no one hassled him.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2025
Among Lexie Manion’s memories of her junior year of high school in New Jersey was the experience of being regularly hassled by a school nurse who was trying to weigh her.
From Salon ● Aug. 1, 2024
But he also said he was tired of the Paterson police, of being worried he was going to be arrested or hassled.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 29, 2024
Though it’s relatively safe, and people are kind, he sometimes feels hassled by deputies who tell him where he can and cannot linger.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 13, 2024
“As in that cop who hassled us last night?”
From "Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel" by Harlan Coben
They’re complaining on Reddit and store sites, signing petitions to bring back the old formula and hassling customer-service chatbots, Heather Haddon reports this morning for The Wall Street Journal.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
“But he’d much rather be on set every day, meeting actors, hassling the marketing team, dealing with the studio. He just loves the job. His passion for it seems kind of endless.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 25, 2025
A few months ago, it would have been hard to fathom federal authorities hassling Tesla over pretty much anything.
From Slate ● Jun. 24, 2025
A Southern sea otter, nicknamed Otter 841, has been hassling surfers at Santa Cruz, California's Steamer Lane all summer.
From DOGO News ● Aug. 25, 2023
The Committee for the Defense of the Revolution has started hassling Abuela about Mom, but Abuela tells them to be patient, that she’ll only be here a week.
From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García
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