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pesky

[pes-kee] / ˈpɛs ki /


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Investors are nervous about high oil prices, geopolitical tensions, pesky inflation, interest rates, and just about everything else.

From Barron's • May 4, 2026

She might have got away with it, too, if it weren’t for a few pesky posts.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 2026

Sink down to the depths of the ocean in the Caribbean, where scuba divers can explore alongside a Sandals Resort marine biologist to hunt pesky, invasive lionfish.

From Salon • Mar. 14, 2026

And the day after the primary—with those pesky voters out of the equation for a couple of months—Gonzales finally gave an interview in which he admitted to the affair.

From Slate • Mar. 7, 2026

It was summer now, so the woods were a new and different place, alive with green and filled with birdsong and swarming mosquitoes and pesky blackfly.

From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson




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