nuisance

Falconers say that one, or a small team, of falcons or hawks can be flown over an extended period of time until the smaller nuisance birds start to disperse.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026

But American business owners and policymakers are grappling with a thornier question: Are high energy costs a temporary nuisance to wait out, or a long-term economic reality that calls for price increases right now?

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026

Shevels, who the court heard was known in the town of Crook to be a nuisance when drunk, annoyed the Greensmith family by sitting nearby and trying to talk to them.

From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026

Caused a nuisance for Liverpool's centre-backs all afternoon.

From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026

They are as big a nuisance as the pigeons, to my notion.

From "The Sound and the Fury" by William Faulkner

Others argued that the report seems to cast members of the media as nuisances to be dealt with, while ignoring instances in which journalists were targeted by law enforcement.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026

Calling it a “broad inquiry,” Uthmeier said it was too early to pinpoint what specific action might result but said Florida law on deceptive trade practices, fraud or public nuisances could be invoked.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026

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

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