bugging

Example Sentences

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As though rich people don’t know how to activate the block feature on their phones, and as though bugging them is the way to get them to do what you want.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 29, 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

She insisted she was not in the least bit techy and was able to build her company after a lot of sleepless nights, research and "bugging people" who know about tech.

From BBC • Dec. 14, 2025

A spokesperson for ANL has previously said it had "denied under oath that its journalists had commissioned or obtained information derived from phone hacking, phone tapping, bugging, computer or email hacking or burglary to order".

From BBC • Oct. 1, 2025

Candice could feel her eyes bugging out of her head.

From "The Parker Inheritance" by Varian Johnson