niggle
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He reached the semi-finals of all four Grand Slams last year, and had a niggle in each match.
From BBC ● Jul. 7, 2026
"I've done everything possible to try to get to the start line but after a final scan tonight the niggle I've been managing has developed into a stress fracture," Raducanu said.
From BBC ● Jun. 28, 2026
Mbappe had received treatment for a "small niggle" in his right ankle picked up playing for Real Madrid last weekend.
From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2025
The only real moment of concern for the 2021 US Open champion was when she appeared to be bothered by a back niggle in the second set.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2025
With a niggle of unease, Jesper wondered what else Rollins might have told Kaz.
From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo
"I had a slow start to the season, picking up a few niggles on international duty and then being left out of the England squad," he said.
From BBC ● May 15, 2026
Sciver-Brunt was ruled out of this series last week but Sophie Ecclestone and Issy Wong also missed the game with thigh and hamstring niggles respectively.
From BBC ● May 10, 2026
Jenkins said he "expected a few niggles" following the operation, but his fitness started to deteriorate rapidly and he "knew nothing had changed".
From BBC ● Jan. 14, 2026
Even small niggles can mean players miss two or three games.
From BBC ● Dec. 24, 2025
"Today we could not use Kevin because he had niggles in his hamstring and I didn't want to take risk," he said.
From BBC ● Feb. 20, 2024
She said concerns around the situation have "niggled" her since.
From BBC ● Feb. 12, 2026
Although his knee completely gave up on him when the stakes were highest, it has allowed Aspinall to have surgery, solving a problem which has niggled away at him for his entire UFC career.
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2023
Football, or that part of it that professes to have a conscience, breathed a huge sigh of relief but as it did so, some still small voice perhaps niggled.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 24, 2020
The exclusion crushed Kral, and something else niggled him.
From New York Times ● Jul. 30, 2020
The thought niggled at Ophie as she set down her bucket and began to wipe at the windows, the water sloshing a bit as she worked.
From "Ophie's Ghosts" by Justina Ireland
In a maelstrom, one might think such niggling questions of jurisdiction and their attendant turf wars would be set aside.
From Slate ● Jul. 7, 2026
On a separate farewell podcast for paid subscribers, Maron and his longtime producer Brendan McDonald explained that the relentless workload was tiring and articulated a niggling feeling that the show belonged to a different era.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 23, 2026
Now they are confronted with the niggling possibility that something similar could be happening on their side of the political spectrum too.
From BBC ● Feb. 27, 2026
The prospect of cuts has helped push world markets ever higher this year, offsetting niggling worries about stretched valuations in the tech sector.
From Barron's ● Dec. 29, 2025
“It has enough depth,” she said, irritated, but with the niggling thought that he was right.
From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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