bother
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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
“Many, many auctions before Covid, nobody would bother showing up,” he said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026
If Pili were here, she’d put Freddy and Teddy in their place and they’d never bother him again.
From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova
Here’s what bothers me most about this event: It wasn’t a rogue action by some “bad” AI.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026
I can get a coffee in the morning and no-one bothers me and I think that's completely priceless.
From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026
Smith played catch Tuesday, Roberts said, which “went OK,” but Smith’s neck bothers him the most while swinging.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 9, 2026
But it bothers me that the last two times that small-caps beat the biggest by so much, it was painful for investors.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 5, 2026
I think about Anastasia’s little dog, Fifi, who rarely bothers to get up and greet anybody, especially not me.
From "Blended" by Sharon M. Draper
“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
"You could see he wasn't bothered about the stoppage, he just needed those priceless rounds. But this fight against Wach is one he will not lose under any circumstances. It's ceremonial."
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 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
The other people who bothered him the most were his own investors.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
“Stop bothering Kim, OK?” the man said, according to Ma.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026
He told the doctor he thought "something was bothering Maddy", and that she might need some help.
From BBC ● Jul. 6, 2026
“Love and Death in the American Novel” made its case without bothering with notes or bibliography, yet garnered praise from such eminent critics as Lionel Trilling and George Steiner.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 2026
“Sometimes it’s like, ‘You guys are bothering us with this?’” he said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 22, 2026
It was bothering Max more and more that he didn’t know the fourth adult with them, the woman beside him on the stairs.
From "The School for Whatnots" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
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