nag at
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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
What did nag at Winslow, he said, was the question of whether crime writers put themselves in a bubble.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 25, 2022
Walks from his relievers seem to especially nag at him.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 8, 2021
But the idea of mistaken racial identity continued to nag at it him.
From New York Times ● Nov. 1, 2020
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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