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be vexed



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It seems odd to be vexed about a phenomenon as universal as adolescent puberty.

From Salon Mar. 26, 2022

Judge, 27, is the latest key Yankee to be vexed by an injury.

From New York Times Mar. 3, 2020

The worldview is simple — to exist is to be vexed.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 5, 2015

In the meantime, recent court cases show that pharmaceutical wholesalers continue to be vexed by what they describe as ambiguity at the DEA.

From BusinessWeek Jun. 6, 2012

That it would arrive he did not doubt; Cerse.i was not like to forget him, and even Jaime might be vexed to find a quarrel in Father’s belly.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin




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