nag
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I don’t want to nag, but neither do I want to be a doormat.
From MarketWatch • Oct. 9, 2025
They'll leave with brilliant memories of days and nights together, of wins on the road that bonded them, of a series won, but Saturday will nag away at them forever.
From BBC • Aug. 2, 2025
“You know, taking care of my body more, being more aware. Like whenever there is a nag or something, you’re right on it. That’s made a big difference.”
From Seattle Times • Nov. 9, 2023
Or as Lerner put it in a 2010 interview with NPR: “How do you make moderation sexy, fun and doable without being a nag or a nanny?”
From Salon • Nov. 7, 2023
“Mordred wouldn’t nag, as you call it,” interjected Agravaine, “if you didn’t bully.”
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
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