nag at
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Still, in the weeks and months following the decoder experiments, the unsettling implications of the device began to nag at him.
From Salon ● Jan. 18, 2024
For all that he did this season, the Mariners’ failure to reach to the postseason and his own inconsistencies will nag at him all offseason and motivate him through workouts.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 20, 2023
“Is nostalgia itself a failure to deal with the present day? Are you in retreat? That was something that started to nag at me.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 1, 2021
She had been raised to have no expectations, she told me, but something had begun to nag at her.
From New York Times ● Mar. 27, 2019
I think back to all the times I’ve heard Grandma nag at him about his blood pressure and not eating too much salt.
From "Finding Junie Kim" by Ellen Oh
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