hassle
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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
What may seem like an administrative hassle for a native-born American could seem like the start of catastrophe to an immigrant.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026
And I found that to be a bit of a hassle.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 2, 2026
“Just a hassle with another inmate, CO,” he said.
From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover
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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
To avoid transportation hassles around the city, they also rented two double-decker tour buses to ferry guests from the ceremony to the reception.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 3, 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
It’s not the hassles and aggravation that most people put up with.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 15, 2026
The hall monitor hassles us, but Boy21 remembered to get a pass, so we’re okay.
From "Boy21" by Matthew Quick
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Brighton were brilliant when they beat Arsenal before the international break - the Seagulls really harried and hassled the champions and went toe-to-toe with them.
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026
Despite his well-known opposition to the ballot measure, no one hassled him.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2025
Crowley has typically sidestepped questions about sexism or bullying in her own rise through the ranks, saying she had an intrinsic sense of how to deal with men who hassled her on the job.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 18, 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
Aileen always registered Kaira under an assumed name so she wouldn’t be hassled by fans.
From "Small Steps" by Louis Sachar
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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
“But he’d much rather be on set every day, meeting actors, hassling the marketing team, dealing with the studio. He just loves the job. His passion for it seems kind of endless.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 25, 2025
A few months ago, it would have been hard to fathom federal authorities hassling Tesla over pretty much anything.
From Slate ● Jun. 24, 2025
Callflex Corporation is hired to recover the money - and if the customer misses a payment the company starts hassling them, and then their contacts.
From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2023
The Committee for the Defense of the Revolution has started hassling Abuela about Mom, but Abuela tells them to be patient, that she’ll only be here a week.
From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García
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