bothering
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She has an up-and-down relationship with her one close friend, and she hesitates to bother her adored brother, Laurie, if it means bothering Laurie’s wife.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026
Their colonies grow faster and bigger, and they end up making news headlines by bothering humans.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 11, 2026
Ohtani reported that the area from his biceps to his neck was bothering him Wednesday night, Roberts said.
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
I stood in the middle of the castle grounds, not bothering to hide myself.
From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff
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