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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

But while budgets overall are up there are weak spots that could annoy Trump: three countries, including the Czech Republic and Slovenia, are expected to slip under the two-percent benchmark this year.

From Barron's ● Jun. 30, 2026

“You can annoy them as much as you want,” said Partridge.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 16, 2026

“If we invest wisely in life extension technologies, in 40 years, we’ll all be able to annoy our friends with complaints like ‘immortality almost never works,'” he said.

From Salon ● May 7, 2026

It took them a few seconds to settle into silence, which seemed to annoy Judge Norton.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson

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

"The three-putt on 18 stings, annoys me, but I started the day with a two-shot lead and ended with a three, so that's a positive," he said.

From BBC ● Mar. 14, 2026

“That’s why it annoys me when we are dubbed the ‘lazy’ generation, or the generation that needs to cut back on avocado toast,” a user posting under the name Charlie Louise said on TikTok.

From MarketWatch ● Jan. 10, 2026

Reader William J. McHale cited tailgaters as one of the driver types that annoys him the most.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 23, 2025

That’s what Bubbe says when someone annoys her.

From "A Place at the Table" by Saadia Faruqi and Laura Shovan

In the memo, Blume insisted leaks to the media had been unplanned and said that reports of looming cuts had "annoyed" him.

From Barron's ● Jul. 13, 2026

First, it can show up as small irritations — like feeling annoyed with the bureaucracy or the transportation system.

From Salon ● Jul. 11, 2026

Hardin is more amused than annoyed, particularly given the origin of the FTD Burger.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 2026

The audience gasped during the speech and were "irritated and annoyed" that someone had been on their phone, before cheering and applauding when the speech was over, the BBC understands.

From BBC ● Jun. 1, 2026

I didn’t allow their side-eyes and annoyed looks to intimidate or stop me.

From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson

You’ll just end up annoying your manager or cultivating a combative relationship.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 21, 2026

Sure, it might be annoying that studios are trying to pass off overly enthusiastic five-star Letterboxd reviews as legitimate film criticism in marketing on posters and in trailers.

From Salon ● Jul. 15, 2026

It should be an exciting couple of weeks that are not at all made impossibly annoying by factional infighting.

From Slate ● Jul. 11, 2026

The most annoying, she said, is that Olson, 48, a marketing professional, places glasses of water for the cats on the couple’s nightstands.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 2026

Then the boy-Human began blurting out annoying questions.

From "Klawde: Evil Alien Warlord Cat" by Johnny Marciano and Emily Chenoweth