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bugaboo

[buhg-uh-boo] / ˈbʌg əˌbu /


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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

“That first inning has been my bugaboo in my career,” Irvin said.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 17, 2022

To wit: a literal — if incorporeal — bugaboo, the kind that has plagued and marred many an otherwise impeccable, even artful, horror film, as this one is.

From Washington Post ● Aug. 17, 2021

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

But the real bugaboos in fixed income are volatility, stubborn inflation, and higher interest rates.

From Barron's ● Jun. 25, 2026

But they really seem sincere about their bugaboos.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 12, 2026

And there's an intelligence in that rendering, as if she admirably recognizes that she doesn't want her kids to inherit her bugaboos.

From Salon ● Aug. 6, 2023

Let’s take a closer look at the bugaboos and blemishes infesting our nascent millennium:

From Washington Post ● Dec. 29, 2019

"I'll leave you here," said Tavia, "you are not afraid of bugaboos are you?"

From Dorothy Dale : a girl of today by Margaret Penrose




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