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“If she’d have gone to Lowe’s or Home Depot, it wouldn’t bother me. But you’re opening a school? That bothered me.”

From Salon ● Jul. 27, 2026

When Vera C. Bushfield succeeded her late husband in 1948, she didn’t even bother to move to Washington.

From Slate ● Jul. 24, 2026

"Now there are rules... laws that protect us. Maybe the maramba understands that, so they do not bother us too much anymore."

From Barron's ● Jul. 21, 2026

It’s a delicate, nuanced performance, homespun, funny, real and evocative of the way that there’s more to older people than we sometimes bother to see.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 9, 2026

The last day of school is pretty loose and they probably wouldn’t even bother to have one except that that’s when you clean out your desk.

From "The Best School Year Ever" by Barbara Robinson

“If that bothers you, don’t hesitate to mute or block me. I don’t have the capacity or patience to debate with internet strangers as to why they should be considerate of marginalized communities.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026

“Power Ballad” nods toward a dozen interesting themes, none of which it bothers to explore.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 28, 2026

Guardiola responded by saying the insinuation that City were spending their way to success "bothers me, because it's not true that we spent £200m every window."

From BBC ● May 19, 2026

We’ll have to wait to see if anyone bothers to celebrate this October.

From Salon ● May 8, 2026

It’s quicker than hopping, but I only do it on rugs or carpets—and only when I’m alone, because seeing me crawl really bothers my mom.

From "The Running Dream" by Wendelin Van Draanen

“If she’d have gone to Lowe’s or Home Depot, it wouldn’t bother me. But you’re opening a school? That bothered me.”

From Salon ● Jul. 27, 2026

She’s not bothered, though, since what the experience did do was “give me the confidence to produce this album for myself.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026

Through more than four years of the Russian invasion, 27-year-old Oleksiy Virskovsky largely hasn't bothered going to the underground shelter in the building next door -- despite almost nightly missile and drone attacks.

From Barron's ● Jul. 9, 2026

He said he might not have bothered to show up at the summit at all if it wasn’t being hosted by his friend, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026

Over the coming days we would learn that the sounds from the nearby shipyard bothered him.

From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson

Having these tasks helped him and other interns stay productive and avoid bothering senior associates when they had a lull in their work, he says.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026

Seeking a location where he could practice without bothering the neighbors in his Manhattan apartment, he found a perch on the Williamsburg Bridge.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 26, 2026

He said this was because the changes were "fraught with hoops you have to jump through" that "deters a lot of people from even bothering".

From BBC ● May 25, 2026

There’s already evidence that more people with low scores aren’t even bothering to try to get financing because they’re expecting to be rejected.

From MarketWatch ● May 4, 2026

“Little boy, go on and play. Stop bothering folks,” she orders him.

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold