variants
or chivvies
as in bothers
to thrust oneself upon (another) without invitation
a boss with a reputation for chivying his workers about every little thing
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Most people are able to put the splint away once their plantar fasciitis no longer bothers them.—
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That inward struggle made it to the surface because Glenn no longer bothers with charades.—
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New York Times,
4 Feb. 2026
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Software stocks have sold off in recent weeks on rising AI disruption fears and worries that new agentic tools can replace them.—
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CNBC,
9 Feb. 2026
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But what worries me is a judge should not hold up everything.—
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8 Feb. 2026
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“Chivies.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chivies. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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