hassle

The AA has warned some drivers pay up even if they have nothing wrong, just to avoid the hassle.

From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026

We’ll tell ya, it was a real hassle getting those through the Strait of Hormuz.

From Slate ● Sep. 12, 2026

So you would have gone through the hassle and expense of transferring the property for no tax reason.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 25, 2026

Changing prices and wages can be a hassle, or be bound by contracts, so prices can actually be “sticky.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026

I worry he’s going to give me a hassle, but he’s got his own things to do, as he tells me repeatedly.

From "Every Day" by David Levithan

They include the hassles of fixing a change machine, the reckless drivers he encounters during his pickup-and-delivery service and the endless struggle to find detergent bottles small enough to fit into his vending machine.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026

And that’s an important warning for all investors — including the vast numbers who don’t want to take on the risks and hassles of actually gambling.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 3, 2026

Well-heeled travelers are splurging to avoid hordes and hassles inside the terminal.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026

Javier Pérez came with his family for the opener and told the BBC that the excitement now outweighs any hassles experienced up to this point.

From BBC ● Jun. 11, 2026

This eliminated the need for me to shave or cut my hair, both hassles I didn’t need.

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline

When BBC Scotland News visited, two workmen painting road markings said they had been "hassled" by locals while going about their jobs.

From BBC ● Mar. 1, 2026

Despite his well-known opposition to the ballot measure, no one hassled him.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2025

Among Lexie Manion’s memories of her junior year of high school in New Jersey was the experience of being regularly hassled by a school nurse who was trying to weigh her.

From Salon ● Aug. 1, 2024

But he also said he was tired of the Paterson police, of being worried he was going to be arrested or hassled.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 29, 2024

“As in that cop who hassled us last night?”

From "Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel" by Harlan Coben

They’re complaining on Reddit and store sites, signing petitions to bring back the old formula and hassling customer-service chatbots, Heather Haddon reports this morning for The Wall Street Journal.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026

A few months ago, it would have been hard to fathom federal authorities hassling Tesla over pretty much anything.

From Slate ● Jun. 24, 2025

Prior to the arrest, she had been hassling patrons at local businesses along the highway and told shoppers at Circle K that she had been robbed, Johnson told the Mail.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 12, 2024

I loved his energy and his willingness to run without the ball, hassling City's backline and stretching their defence, but he also showed great quality with it too.

From BBC ● Mar. 10, 2024

As soon as I get to the street two boys I ain’t never seen before start hassling me.

From "The Skin I'm In" by Sharon G. Flake