pestered
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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
In France the government has pestered the public to wet their skin, drink cold soup and block windows with cardboard to beat the heat—anything to avoid resorting to AC.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2026
Surely only Williams pestered the woman about it afterwards.
From Salon ● Jan. 7, 2025
There is of course the danger that instead of being pestered for a smartphone, parents will find themselves being pestered for a piece of Barbie merchandise - which may be just as unwelcome.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2024
Worsley had little confidence that they could take to the open ocean in only two boats, and he pestered Shackleton every day about returning to Ocean Camp for the Stancomb Wills.
From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong
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