pesky
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The pesky pigeons aren't otherwise easily put off.
From Barron's ● Jul. 1, 2026
But you can structure your work-from-home days or your summer Fridays so that you’re getting your work done while also tackling some of those pesky personal tasks like paying bills or getting dinner ready.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 30, 2026
Brown-speckled bananas that are soft to the touch, nauseatingly sweet and bring forth a few pesky fruit flies.
From Salon ● Jun. 20, 2026
One less pesky discounter gives them more pricing power.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 2, 2026
It's nice to know that my launch to orbit won't have any pesky backup systems weighing me down.
From "The Martian" by Andy Weir
Specifically, there’s that pesky hinge, an even peskier flexible screen, and the peskiest of all: wires.
From The Verge ● Aug. 11, 2021
The additions of Ben Revere and Daniel Murphy ease the Nationals’ overload of right-handed hitters, and they make the offense peskier.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 29, 2016
Asked about who presented the peskier test in the two-hour match, two-time U.S.
From Reuters ● Aug. 26, 2014
He got peskier in faceoffs and more physical on the boards — by Kane standards.
From Chicago Tribune ● Apr. 12, 2012
In the West, the Oklahoma City Thunder added the Perkins piece in the deal with Boston, thereby making themselves a bit tougher inside and a tad peskier to the Lakers.
From Newsweek ● Mar. 16, 2011
One of the league’s peskiest defenders, Patrick Beverley, tried to mirror him move for move before he eventually was called for a foul.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 30, 2023
It also didn’t help that Sunday was Washington’s second game without one of its peskiest defenders in backup point guard Delon Wright, who could be sidelined up to two months with a hamstring issue.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 30, 2022
Specifically, there’s that pesky hinge, an even peskier flexible screen, and the peskiest of all: wires.
From The Verge ● Aug. 11, 2021
Accuracy off the tee and putting have been his peskiest issues, but he still had the Tour’s 10th-best scoring average at the end of August.
From New York Times ● Sep. 7, 2018
I've got the peskiest hot room ever, on a still summer night like this is goin' to be; right under the roof, cold as a barn in winter; roasting in July and August.
From The Airplane Boys among the Clouds or, Young Aviators in a Wreck by John Luther Langworthy
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"The Ransom of Red Chief" by O. Henry
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