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bug

[buhg] / bʌg /
NOUN
bacterium, microorganism
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VERB
listen to without permission
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As it’s around 300 pages long, including innumerable repetitions, you may ask if the length and density is a bug or a feature.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 10, 2026

The company also ran a bug bounty program, which pays people to find security flaws.

From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026

That might be more feature than bug, but I can’t say I felt much of anything for the characters, or was concerned whether the Bowdens would emerge from their ordeals a stronger family.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 4, 2026

Shivareddy became an AI software engineer, but he never lost the farming bug.

From BBC • May 25, 2026

Some of them even got out of their desks and rushed to the front of the room to see the bug closer.

From Absolutely Almost by Lisa Graff




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