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
“I’ve beat myself up about 450 times going through it,” Orlando said, later reiterating that “those things nag at you.”
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 2, 2021
“It’s something you have to learn how to do, and if you don’t do it, being the star on the team, they’re going to always nag at you,” Strawberry said.
From New York Times • Sep. 14, 2018
He doesn’t feel this always, just enough to nag at him, settling over his thoughts like a web.
From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri
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