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pesky

adjective as in bothersome

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And how could anyone resist letting go of pesky inhibitions with Herman’s empowering score filling up Pasadena Playhouse with pure effervescence.

That stopped holding water once Trump came into office and declared certain types of Americans to be unequal – those pesky “enemies from within” — and some to be more equal than others.

From Salon

If he gets a second term, he’ll surround himself with more people who will do his bidding without raising pesky questions.

An experimental program seeks to protect California almond trees from a pesky moth by using X-rays to sterilize the insects.

But many others delighted in his ability to stick it to pesky journalists, particularly the ones from "down south" who wore their support for the union on their sleeves.

From BBC

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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