bugging

Example Sentences

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An audio bugging device left by MI5 recorded the whole thing.

From BBC • May 7, 2026

As though rich people don’t know how to activate the block feature on their phones, and as though bugging them is the way to get them to do what you want.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 29, 2026

“What is bugging me is I think our voter rolls may be more accurate than this database,” Phillips said.

From Salon • Feb. 27, 2026

In 1997 the Observer published detailed allegations of bugging of Harrods executives and staff carried out on Al Fayed's orders - and the ITV documentary played excerpts from the tapes.

From BBC • Oct. 4, 2024

“There’s just one thing that keeps bugging me,” I say.

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam