nuisance

Public nuisance offenders in Singapore face up to a S$2,000 fine, three months in jail, or both.

From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026

A French teenager was fined in Singapore Thursday after pleading guilty to a public nuisance charge for a straw-licking stunt that landed him in hot water in the city state.

From Barron's ● Jul. 30, 2026

The judge also rejected Waymo’s claims that the real nuisance had been caused not by the company, but by residents who have at times disrupted operations by blocking access to and from the sites.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2026

Among people I spoke to in Southampton, the same concerns came up time and time again: "They're a blinking nuisance," says elderly pedestrian Fred.

From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026

There was no reason for him to remember any of these encounters, and he didn’t: When my book came out, and became a public relations nuisance to him, he’d told reporters we’d never met.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

In 2017, when Sydney’s father was dying, he hired Sharon Zissman to help pay the household bills and oversee the everyday financial nuisances that he feared would burden his wife and family after his death.

From MarketWatch ● May 8, 2026

All these illusionary names are what tort lawyers call attractive nuisances, enticing but dangerous.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2025

But for gulls — sometimes erroneously called “seagulls,” though they are not exclusive to the ocean — they are described as nuisances and pests, which experts say couldn’t be further from the truth.

From Salon ● Oct. 20, 2024

Wayde Hunter, president of the North Valley Coalition of Concerned Citizens, has been raising objections to these nuisances for decades.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 12, 2023

‘Of all the confounded nuisances you are the worst, Sam!’ he said.

From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien