hassle
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But the government saw an opportunity to turn the hassle into something more fun.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 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
So you would have gone through the hassle and expense of transferring the property for no tax reason.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 25, 2026
As he reached to put the book up, I turned to leave, hoping to slip away without any hassle.
From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu
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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
Those hassles include questions about issues like gift-tax reporting and the potential for account growth to be taxable in certain states.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 30, 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 struggle and hassles of Harlem were not what he wanted to bring home with him.
From "145th Street: Short Stories" by Walter Dean Myers
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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
Though it’s relatively safe, and people are kind, he sometimes feels hassled by deputies who tell him where he can and cannot linger.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 13, 2024
She had also begun helping my mother around the salon, refusing payment, and had hassled the editor of the Lily Press to run Gabriel’s photo on the front page until he was found.
From "Where Things Come Back" by John Corey Whaley
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Su’s buyers, who include many of America’s biggest retailers, have largely stopped hassling him to shift more production from China, in part because they recognize the efficiency of Chinese manufacturing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 9, 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
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
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
“What if they get suspicious and start hassling you?”
From "Flush" by Carl Hiaasen
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