bugaboo
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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
The problem in the eyes of many pundits is the old bugaboo that President Bill Clinton’s political guru, James Carville, cited as the number one issue in every election: “It’s the economy, stupid!”
From Seattle Times • Apr. 26, 2022
“We came back out in the third quarter, and it was just really a bugaboo for us,” Indiana Coach Teri Moren said.
From Washington Post • Mar. 26, 2022
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
Vocabulary lists containing bugaboo
Beowulf: A New Telling
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The Testaments
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