frustrating

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Neither movie does anything particularly interesting with its characters, but what’s most frustrating is that the humility Lightning McQueen learns in the first film is essentially tossed out the window.

From Salon • Jun. 6, 2026

“Whilst the delayed and more expensive build has been frustrating for shareholders, we continue to see Jansen as a tier-1 asset with first-quartile cost position and long life with attractive economics,” UBS says.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

Thompson’s career in music has been at turns fulfilling and frustrating; if there were justice in the world, he would be a household name.

From Salon • Jun. 5, 2026

“There’s no doubt that this last year’s been frustrating, and that’s because we tried to fly a plane and build a plane at the same time,” Cohen told The Times last week.

From Los Angeles Times • May 31, 2026

After my frustrating time of trying to write about my neighborhood the way I had seen other published authors write about theirs, I stopped writing for a while.

From "Bad Boy" by Walter Dean Myers