bother
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The phenomenon has surprised the actress, but does not bother her.
From Barron's ● Sep. 13, 2026
If you are in a state with no income taxes or with a low tax rate, you might not even bother trying to stay within your state when selecting individual munis.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 10, 2026
While the film frets that the stupids are building an army to overthrow the world, it can’t even bother to come up with a counterrevolution.
From Salon ● Sep. 6, 2026
"And they got justice, where other people didn't even bother trying."
From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026
I didn’t even bother to say “Shut up, Alice”—it was too late.
From "The Best School Year Ever" by Barbara Robinson
"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
Seeing Dodgers players wearing red gloves, mismatched undershirts, and other non-team colors bothers me more than it should.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 6, 2026
I’m surprised at how much it bothers me to say it out loud.
From "I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter" by Erika L. Sánchez
However, it can leave some people wondering why they bothered to save in the first place.
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026
"I'm not bothered, I've dealt with worse," Conor Benn added.
From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026
He spent much of his tenure condemning houses that had passed by inheritance to heirs in distant cities, successful people who couldn’t be bothered with them.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
"It's been an irritant... that has kind of really bothered the United States," he added.
From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026
Mom talked to them, these people she never bothered to tell Cat and Chicken one thing about.
From "Caterpillar Summer" by Gillian McDunn
Their colonies grow faster and bigger, and they end up making news headlines by bothering humans.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 11, 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
But it still was bothering him during his latest buildup.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026
He said this was because the changes were "fraught with hoops you have to jump through" that "deters a lot of people from even bothering".
From BBC ● May 25, 2026
The caller at four thirty wants to know if I have any good cobbler recommendations and without even bothering to answer I recite the Tremont exchange and connect that caller to the taxi company.
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
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