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

Market risk, or principal risk is the potential for the stock and bond markets to kick you in the teeth, and it’s the big bugaboo for most investors.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 20, 2022

McMillan and Alvarez returned from Los Alamos impatient to try out new approaches they had conceived to address that old bugaboo, the relativistic barrier to higher energies.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik