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bug

[buhg] / bʌg /
NOUN
bacterium, microorganism
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VERB
listen to without permission
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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

Their analysis showed that the claws of this fossil bug were strikingly different from those found in other insects.

From Science Daily • May 25, 2026

For them, it’s a feature, not a bug.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 24, 2026

She loves it when there’s a bug under a piece of junk—she pounces on it and gobbles it right up.

From "Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer" by Kelly Jones




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