hassle
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Changing prices and wages can be a hassle, or be bound by contracts, so prices can actually be “sticky.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
While you know it could save hundreds of pounds, you might be wondering if it's worth the hassle.
From BBC ● Jul. 12, 2026
For first-time guests Ty Birtles and his girlfriend, the security protocol wasn’t really a hassle; it was easy to get in.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 2026
As a lawful permanent resident, or LPR, Lau would typically be let into the country without hassle, deemed “already admitted” rather than “seeking admission.”
From Slate ● Jun. 23, 2026
The side was a hassle because I had to hold the drill parallel to the ground.
From "The Martian" by Andy Weir
But they also want comfort, good food and fewer baggage hassles.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
Those hassles include questions about issues like gift-tax reporting and the potential for account growth to be taxable in certain states.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 30, 2026
Javier Pérez came with his family for the opener and told the BBC that the excitement now outweighs any hassles experienced up to this point.
From BBC ● Jun. 11, 2026
It’s not the hassles and aggravation that most people put up with.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 15, 2026
Daily travel was freed from the hassles of rail schedules, the needs of other passengers, and the location of trolley stops.
From "Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal" by Eric Schlosser
The allegations led to Alexander being kicked out of the department, and he said that he continued to get hassled whenever he visited his mother.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 4, 2026
Despite his well-known opposition to the ballot measure, no one hassled him.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2025
Among Lexie Manion’s memories of her junior year of high school in New Jersey was the experience of being regularly hassled by a school nurse who was trying to weigh her.
From Salon ● Aug. 1, 2024
But he also said he was tired of the Paterson police, of being worried he was going to be arrested or hassled.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 29, 2024
“As in that cop who hassled us last night?”
From "Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel" by Harlan Coben
Su’s buyers, who include many of America’s biggest retailers, have largely stopped hassling him to shift more production from China, in part because they recognize the efficiency of Chinese manufacturing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 9, 2025
A few months ago, it would have been hard to fathom federal authorities hassling Tesla over pretty much anything.
From Slate ● Jun. 24, 2025
Prior to the arrest, she had been hassling patrons at local businesses along the highway and told shoppers at Circle K that she had been robbed, Johnson told the Mail.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 12, 2024
I loved his energy and his willingness to run without the ball, hassling City's backline and stretching their defence, but he also showed great quality with it too.
From BBC ● Mar. 10, 2024
I held my breath, thinking they were gonna fold him in, start hassling him.
From "How It Went Down" by Kekla Magoon
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