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bother

[both-er] / ˈbɒð ər /






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"I guess at first it didn't really bother me, but it wasn't as big as it is now, this account has literally taken over my whole entire life," Sasha-Jay added.

From BBC

“I don’t think that an artist should bother about his audience,” Vladimir Nabokov sniffed.

From The Wall Street Journal

It conveys: “I’m important, you’re not so I don’t have to bother,” or “We’re so friendly, I don’t have to worry, we don’t stand on ceremony,” she said.

From The Wall Street Journal

"It's amazing because this allows us to actually build targeted sound repellents that wouldn't bother us or our pets," she says.

From BBC

“I’m so sorry to bother you. My, um . . . running partner’s a little dehydrated. Is there any way you could give her a cup of water?”

From Literature