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irksome

[urk-suhm] / ˈɜrk səm /


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Irksome as it is to create and remember different usernames and passwords for different sites, it allows for forms of privacy and anonymity that more streamlined solutions can’t.

From Slate • Aug. 8, 2014

Still, it does score an immediate new entry in the Top 10 Most Irksome World Cup Products, which you may care to know runs as follows: 9.

From The Guardian • Jun. 2, 2010

They call him "Irksome Dirksen." "the Wizard of Ooze," "the Liberace of the Senate," and "Oleaginous Ev."

From Time Magazine Archive

Irksome though such checks and restrictions may be, Cronkite shows no signs of restiveness.

From Time Magazine Archive

Irksome as it may be, it demands merely strength of will and not a scientific training in ritual and Vedic texts.

From Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 1 by Eliot, Charles, Sir




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