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annoy

[uh-noi] / əˈnɔɪ /


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"It doesn't annoy me. I get that they do need to get what they can because it's a short career and they have to look after themselves."

From BBC Sep. 16, 2026

Some days, these meetings annoy me so much that I want to quit.

From MarketWatch Aug. 18, 2026

He traced this instinct to challenge those systems back to Socrates’ “gadfly” — the person whose job was to annoy power.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 1, 2026

He started doing it because it was a good way to annoy his dad, and it has stuck.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 20, 2026

“Well, because they could. And because Crazy Horse wanted to annoy the Long Knives.”

From "In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse" by Joseph Marshall III

And reacting online to the clip of Owen, another parent wrote: "Parents and potential parents do not listen to this man. Tell your kids you love them everyday, even when it annoys them."

From BBC Sep. 5, 2026

That is the kind of talk that annoys Meyer, who noted the San Diego Padres used to take from the revenue-sharing fund and now pay into it.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 2, 2026

And we want to know: When it comes to hotels rooms, what annoys you most and what amenities are a pleasant surprise?

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 4, 2026

"It annoys me that I have to do that, but it's a trick that works," she says.

From BBC Mar. 11, 2026

Kaede’s nonchalant tone annoys me, but I brush it aside.

From "Legend" by Marie Lu

I annoyed certain readers by pointing out that airport security had worked.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 11, 2026

“You just kind of get annoyed and exhausted, because you think it’s an opportunity and it really isn’t,” she said.

From MarketWatch Sep. 5, 2026

But some of the people played for suckers, like Melissa Santos, a dancer who answered an ad for a music video not knowing who was behind it, are still annoyed.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 2, 2026

Shevels, who the court heard was known in the town of Crook to be a nuisance when drunk, annoyed the Greensmith family by sitting nearby and trying to talk to them.

From BBC Sep. 2, 2026

Jonah was getting annoyed with their little junior detective routine.

From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix

Apparently, this trait is as annoying in humans as it is in AI.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 12, 2026

“I know it’s annoying as hell to say, ‘I’m taking it a day at a time,’ but it is a unique thing,” McVay said.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 1, 2026

When asked if there was nervousness about potentially annoying military chiefs, a senior Treasury source said you'd be "hard-placed to find anyone sceptical" of the idea that Healey is committed to keeping the country safe.

From BBC Aug. 29, 2026

This is objectively annoying, and you are not being dramatic at all.

From MarketWatch Aug. 18, 2026

Charlie’s got this annoying habit of waking me up by being right in my face and super loud.

From "Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero" by Kelly J. Baptist




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