aggravation

Some may decide it isn’t worth the aggravation.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 14, 2026

Sweeping contentious issues under the rug and relegating them to wanton aggravation is one major way of letting these same topics fester.

From Salon ● Apr. 3, 2026

Goals, aggravation, a red card that infuriated the visitors and opened a door for the hosts, a toe-to-toe fight that went to the wire.

From BBC ● Jan. 25, 2026

Kathy Cady, who served as his victims’ rights attorney, is now the head of Hochman’s Bureau of Victims’ Services, another point of aggravation for the relatives fighting for the brothers release.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 13, 2025

Then she’d shuffle out of the room in her bedroom slippers, muttering about how she didn’t deserve that aggravation.

From "Wish" by Barbara O'Connor

There, among the seamstresses in training, Duncan met other welfare mothers, equally desperate, and recognized the stinginess, indifference and bureaucratic aggravations she’d been suffering in isolation were part of a larger system.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 5, 2026

This time there were no setbacks or aggravations.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 23, 2024

On Saturday Mr Niinisto called Mr Putin to tell him of the Finnish decision and later said the call had been "direct and straight-forward" and "conducted without aggravations".

From BBC ● May 15, 2022

And coaches and medical personnel have explained the aggravations, like masks and testing, that will come with remaining unprotected during the season.

From New York Times ● Sep. 2, 2021

And in fact the afternoon took the form of an ever-growing pile of aggravations.

From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover