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nag

[nag] / næg /


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I don’t want to nag, but neither do I want to be a doormat.

From MarketWatch • Oct. 9, 2025

They'll leave with brilliant memories of days and nights together, of wins on the road that bonded them, of a series won, but Saturday will nag away at them forever.

From BBC • Aug. 2, 2025

Then in the script, I'm the nag parent, and Luke Kirby gets to be the fun one, so that nature starts to feed it.

From Salon • Nov. 22, 2024

“You know, taking care of my body more, being more aware. Like whenever there is a nag or something, you’re right on it. That’s made a big difference.”

From Seattle Times • Nov. 9, 2023

Sometimes, I wondered how my son could be with a woman and then come home and nag his sister so miserably.

From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez




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