pester
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There’s a store chain called Five Below that is designed to maximize pester power.
From Barron's ● Jun. 5, 2026
Ham-handed police officers pester Janey for details: Why did she touch Samantha’s dress?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 13, 2026
It was to ensure he was comfortable with the task required to impress NFL teams that poke, prod and pester players during the evaluation process.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 26, 2025
But eventually a friend encouraged her to "pester" her GP for a scan.
From BBC ● Dec. 8, 2024
“Go home, girl, and find out. Do not pester me. I have much to do today.”
From "Lupita Mañana" by Patricia Beatty
He described Mr Amro as an "anarchist who frequently pesters IDF soldiers in Hebron".
From BBC ● Feb. 14, 2023
On their way to Bill and Frank’s, Ellie pesters Joel with questions about the pandemic, and he explains to her — and to us — more about what happened.
From New York Times ● Jan. 29, 2023
That is, it pesters potential customers on insurers’ behalf.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 14, 2021
But every time she’s over, she destroys the house and pesters me constantly and teaches my kid bad habits.
From Slate ● Nov. 24, 2020
This information comes in handy when he pesters me to finish my vegetables.
From "The Science of Breakable Things" by Tae Keller
Dorfman pestered Larami’s owners until they finally agreed to consider it and asked him to make a prototype.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026
As the days went on, the smell worsened, drawing swarms of flies and rats to the neighborhood, where they pestered and sickened locals.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2026
Several first-half chances came and went as Celtic pressed and pestered Bayern all over the pitch.
From BBC ● Feb. 18, 2025
Surely only Williams pestered the woman about it afterwards.
From Salon ● Jan. 7, 2025
The Captain responded with the dignity of a young teen who is being pestered by a child whose parents he is determined to impress.
From "Jacob Have I Loved" by Katherine Paterson
Worn down by pestering, our parents relented and allowed ginger ale at Sunday dinner.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
Become a real nuisance and tech boosters will eventually give up, handing the future back to the pestering, teeming masses.
From Salon ● Apr. 13, 2026
In mitigation, the court heard Hamilton's messages were "pestering" but not "sexual, threatening or obscene".
From BBC ● Apr. 10, 2026
The perception from many is that pestering issues aren’t being addressed.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2024
At last they had had enough of his pestering and told him that he would be allowed to try.
From "The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa" by Alexander Mccall Smith
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