nuisance
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The public nuisance offence carries a jail term of up to three months and a fine.
From Barron's • Apr. 29, 2026
The Gen Z apprentice on my team, Gyasi, told me he found them "a bit of a nuisance", specifically because you need headphones to listen to them.
From BBC • Apr. 25, 2026
“This should be mostly beneficial across the region, but some minor nuisance flooding is possible in urban and poor drainage areas if heavy rain showers or thunderstorms develop,” the weather service office in Monterey said.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 19, 2026
Two days later, legislators took up the Public Nuisance Reform Act, which proposes narrowing the definition of what could be considered a nuisance.
From Salon • Apr. 10, 2026
In fact, I don't remember him once treating me like the nuisance I probably was.
From "The Boy on the Wooden Box" by Leon Leyson
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