bug
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Add the loss of the Bruins’ leading scorer and rebounder, Tyler Bilodeau, to injury and Cronin was fit to be tied by both lack of funds and the injury bug.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 2026
Private-equity firms often say limits on fund redemptions are a feature, not a bug.
From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026
This is a feature, not a bug: Financial innovation is often an adaptation to regulation.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 29, 2026
In both cases, the central finding was the same: that the harm was a feature, not a bug.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 27, 2026
Animals of the rain forest: left: The slow-moving sloth hangs out in the canopy; right: Is it a branch or a bug?
From "Death on the River of Doubt" by Samantha Seiple
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