bothered

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At another point, he recalled recently watching “Wicked” on an airplane and wondering aloud why studios still bothered paying human extras.

From Los Angeles Times • May 28, 2026

Farage also said he wished the party "hadn't bothered" to take minority control of the authority because of its financial problems.

From BBC • May 14, 2026

The stock market also doesn’t seem too bothered, outside a short-lived rally in vaccine stocks that has since fizzled.

From Barron's • May 14, 2026

WSJ: How do you design a marketing strategy for a globally known brand that hasn’t really bothered to do much advertising?

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 27, 2026

He hadn’t even bothered to ask if he could be the one to try this month.

From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny