nuisance

This month a New Mexico judge ordered Meta to pay $567 million to abate an alleged public nuisance caused by its platform.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026

Two MPs and the council leader have urged people to stop setting off "nuisance" fireworks during the heatwave to stop fires taking hold.

From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026

The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health has cited Lineage for unsanitary and nuisance conditions related to rodent and pest control violations.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026

A New Mexico judge on Thursday ordered Meta to pay more than half a billion dollars over the state's claims that the social media giant created a "public nuisance" and harmed children.

From Barron's ● Aug. 7, 2026

He said there were more baboons than monkeys in his hometown, and everyone considered them a nuisance.

From "I Will Always Write Back" by Caitlin Alifirenka and Martin Ganda

In 2017, when Sydney’s father was dying, he hired Sharon Zissman to help pay the household bills and oversee the everyday financial nuisances that he feared would burden his wife and family after his death.

From MarketWatch ● May 8, 2026

All these illusionary names are what tort lawyers call attractive nuisances, enticing but dangerous.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2025

By contrast, noises associated with law enforcement are such familiar nuisances on the relatively bare streets of South L.A. that they are treated as if they are part of the natural environment.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2025

But for gulls — sometimes erroneously called “seagulls,” though they are not exclusive to the ocean — they are described as nuisances and pests, which experts say couldn’t be further from the truth.

From Salon ● Oct. 20, 2024

"Plenty of time when these nuisances have gone, eh?"

From "Stardust" by Neil Gaiman