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That acquisition annoyed shareholders and customers alike, with investors taking issue with the fact that it was structured to avoid a vote.—
Glenn Taylor,
Sourcing Journal,
25 July 2025 -
Meanwhile, be patient with daily contacts, especially siblings and relatives who might annoy you.—
Georgia Nicols,
Denver Post,
21 July 2025
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Mohammad Omar had been plagued with medical problems since birth.—
Li-Lian Ahlskog Hou,
CNN Money,
22 July 2025
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That’s the kind of problem that leads to the rodent Rose Parade that’s plagued other restaurants on this street.—
David J. Neal,
Miami Herald,
21 July 2025
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And during the four years Hughes has worked the Apache side, gathering free-ranging horses on a government contract, horse advocates have harassed and threatened Hughes, her employees, and even her family.—
Dac Collins,
Outdoor Life,
31 July 2025
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Gregory has allegedly harassed West-Williams on several other occasions.—
Marina Johnson,
Louisville Courier Journal,
30 July 2025
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Sam shows up with a selection of wines and laughs off both Spock’s attempt to tell him the truth and his attempt to bait him into punching him.—
Keith Phipps,
Vulture,
17 July 2025
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Given the city’s prominence as the hub of national media, the Tonys are not simply a local event but one of the means by which CBS appropriates entertainment awards shows (primarily music-industry ceremonies) as a way of baiting viewers and imposing left-liberal groupthink on the public.—
Armond White,
National Review,
6 June 2025
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If things were in fact bugged during the Contest Mode run, a limited-time offering, that’s going to be something if a disaster to admit.—
Paul Tassi,
Forbes.com,
21 July 2025
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Say your mother kept bugging you to change a bad habit.—
Bruce Y. Lee,
Forbes.com,
11 May 2025
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Trump rode on Epstein's private jet at least seven times.—
Aysha Bagchi,
USA Today,
24 July 2025
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In December, after a DJ gig at a house party in Dallas, Flores was riding in the passenger seat of a friend’s car when they were pulled over.—
Gisela Salim-Peyer,
The Atlantic,
24 July 2025
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No doubt that White House aide Stephen Miller, incensed by the possibility that some hard-working immigrants might be left alone, cornered the president and badgered him into rescinding brief and limited restrictions in service to his goal of having immigration agents make 3,000 arrests per day.—
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
18 June 2025
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While Trump had yet to address the CPI numbers himself Wednesday, the president has been badgering Chair Jerome Powell and his cohorts on the Federal Open Market Committee to cut rates.—
Jeff Cox,
CNBC,
11 June 2025
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Residents are urged to exercise caution, stay hydrated, and be aware of the symptoms of heat exhaustion and heat stroke.—
Joyce Orlando,
The Tennessean,
22 July 2025
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Donald Trump has also publicly stated his opposition to breaking encrypted communications, publicly urging the prime minister Kier Starmer not to introduce such measures.—
Barry Collins,
Forbes.com,
21 July 2025
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“Yap (at).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/yap%20%28at%29. Accessed 3 Aug. 2025.
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