nuisance

The South Coast Air Quality Management District has issued at least 20 violation notices to Lineage for public nuisance.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026

A New Mexico judge on Thursday ordered Meta to pay more than half a billion dollars over the state's claims that the social media giant created a "public nuisance" and harmed children.

From Barron's ● Aug. 7, 2026

These might sound like extreme measures just to prevent a common nuisance.

From Slate ● Aug. 4, 2026

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

From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026

"Life is good," says a Dutch woman, "freedom is good, but starvation leaves its mark, like rough rope on your wrists, always rubbing, always making a nuisance of itself."

From "What the Night Sings" by Vesper Stamper

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

Ms. Wimpenny is ready to defend mosquitoes, writing, “those bitey nuisances are simply little animals doing what they must to become mothers.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 30, 2026

While trail restoration entails abating nuisances like poodle-dog from the pathway, it’s not always feasible to banish it entirely from the area.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 5, 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

"Plenty of time when these nuisances have gone, eh?"

From "Stardust" by Neil Gaiman