bother
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The phenomenon has surprised the actress, but does not bother her.
From Barron's ● Sep. 13, 2026
New agencies were created out of whole cloth to fight the supposed invasion of enemies who didn’t bother to wear uniforms.
From Salon ● Sep. 11, 2026
He goes on many photo shoots with me, but does not bother to learn how to use the equipment or step up in organizing preproduction.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 10, 2026
“I won’t have to bother with it again.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026
No need, I figured, to bother my head about it again.
From "Ida B" by Katherine Hannigan
"I figure it'll probably disintegrate and probably nobody will ever hear it, that's what bothers me... if it rots in there before they open it."
From Barron's ● Aug. 26, 2026
I think this really bothers a lot of young people.
From Slate ● Aug. 19, 2026
What bothers me is that you signed a document — we don’t even know if it was an acceptance of appointment — without reading it.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 7, 2026
I can get a coffee in the morning and no-one bothers me and I think that's completely priceless.
From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026
It bothers me because Amu looked disappointed in me.
From "Saints and Misfits" by S.K. Ali
Roberts said he didn’t learn until Tuesday night, after giving Ohtani a day off for the fifth time in six games, that a swing on Monday had bothered him.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 10, 2026
"They never bothered to tell us that that's what's happening," he said.
From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 2026
The Tigers are really well organised and are not bothered about how much possession they have, they are just bothered about being effective when they do get the ball.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
He said if he had not been doing the challenge he would not have bothered going to the summit.
From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026
The sun sank and the evening came down, but it was a long time before I bothered to light the lamp.
From "The Light in Hidden Places" by Sharon Cameron
Their colonies grow faster and bigger, and they end up making news headlines by bothering humans.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 11, 2026
JapanLA was auctioning the rarest Sonny Angels for hundreds of dollars, and that started bothering some fans of the fat little collectibles.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026
When it offered him half a song, he said, “Good enough” — without even bothering to run it through a few rounds of polishing.
From Salon ● Aug. 6, 2026
Having these tasks helped him and other interns stay productive and avoid bothering senior associates when they had a lull in their work, he says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
“I thought maybe I was bothering you,” she said.
From "Caterpillar Summer" by Gillian McDunn
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