niggle
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She bowled accurately, ensuring England did not obviously miss Sophie Ecclestone - the world's number one spinner who sat out the game with a thigh niggle.
From BBC ● May 10, 2026
Rogers has impressed under Tuchel, starting five and featuring in all eight of the games the German has managed - though a hamstring niggle could give Bellingham the opportunity to start against Serbia.
From BBC ● Nov. 12, 2025
Mbappe had received treatment for a "small niggle" in his right ankle picked up playing for Real Madrid last weekend.
From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2025
Kartal, who has been managing a knee niggle in recent months, suffered physically in a 6-3 1-6 6-1 defeat against Brazilian 18th seed Beatriz Haddad Maia.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2025
With a niggle of unease, Jesper wondered what else Rollins might have told Kaz.
From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo
We had a few niggles, not everyone's been training.
From BBC ● Jun. 8, 2026
Even small niggles can mean players miss two or three games.
From BBC ● Dec. 24, 2025
Patients are being warned not to clog up A&E with everyday niggles as NHS figures show thousands turned to hospitals for minor ailments such as hiccups and ingrowing toenails last winter.
From BBC ● Dec. 3, 2025
In 2023, after a succession of niggles, Jack Draper said he hated "being the guy who is injured a lot".
From BBC ● Jan. 18, 2025
There was precious little time to overcome any niggles before the final.
From BBC ● Apr. 24, 2024
She said concerns around the situation have "niggled" her since.
From BBC ● Feb. 12, 2026
Football, or that part of it that professes to have a conscience, breathed a huge sigh of relief but as it did so, some still small voice perhaps niggled.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 24, 2020
Up until the last 10 minutes or so,Wales had NZ seriously niggled and were either level or leading.
From BBC ● Nov. 22, 2014
Even then Hale’s attitude – that she was claiming to be just as messed up as the teenager she had attacked – niggled at me.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 22, 2014
It was only at the very last, as their fingers brushed across the gap, that something niggled at him .
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
In a maelstrom, one might think such niggling questions of jurisdiction and their attendant turf wars would be set aside.
From Slate ● Jul. 7, 2026
It was not the first time Larissa had run away but Karen said something was "niggling" her this time.
From BBC ● May 27, 2026
On a separate farewell podcast for paid subscribers, Maron and his longtime producer Brendan McDonald explained that the relentless workload was tiring and articulated a niggling feeling that the show belonged to a different era.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 23, 2026
The prospect of cuts has helped push world markets ever higher this year, offsetting niggling worries about stretched valuations in the tech sector.
From Barron's ● Dec. 29, 2025
But I was depressed by what it represented—the hours measured, the boredom of inmates and irritation of officers, the ticking of the clock, the niggling accountability.
From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover
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