bugaboo

Example Sentences

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But the latest bugaboo from the banking lobby is the possibility of other companies rewarding customers for using stablecoins.

From MarketWatch • Oct. 9, 2025

And despite getting Anthony Rizzo to pop up for the second out, the long-ball bugaboo bit him against Volpe.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 29, 2024

I remembered that Julia had written that what she wanted to do was to take the bugaboo out of French cooking, to make it accessible.

From Washington Post • Jun. 22, 2022

Quarterback has been the Broncos’ biggest bugaboo since winning Super Bowl 50 in Hall of Famer Peyton Manning’s farewell game — they haven’t been back to the playoffs since.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 29, 2021

She had re-membered the stories of her childhood, the most loathly and ancient bugaboo her nurse had ever frightened her with.

From "Beowulf: A New Telling" by Robert Nye