nag at
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Still, in the weeks and months following the decoder experiments, the unsettling implications of the device began to nag at him.
From Salon • Jan. 18, 2024
For all that he did this season, the Mariners’ failure to reach to the postseason and his own inconsistencies will nag at him all offseason and motivate him through workouts.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 20, 2023
“I’ve beat myself up about 450 times going through it,” Orlando said, later reiterating that “those things nag at you.”
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 2, 2021
But the idea of mistaken racial identity continued to nag at it him.
From New York Times • Nov. 1, 2020
But Francie was never shamed again in that way and if Miss Briggs did not treat her with kindness, at least she didn’t nag at her.
From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith
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