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nuisance

[noo-suhns, nyoo-] / ˈnu səns, ˈnyu- /


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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

The organization that brought the case, called The Right to Protection from Aircraft Nuisance, welcomed the ruling.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 20, 2024

The fish and wildlife commission manages a service, the Statewide Nuisance Alligator Program, to remove alligators believed to pose a threat to people, pets or property.

From New York Times • Sep. 15, 2022

We pulled together a couple of the older lawyers, and we started researching, and then we looked at this opioid case that the state of Oklahoma was utilizing, the Oklahoma Public Nuisance Statute.

From Slate • May 21, 2022

Thus thinking, I was led to speculate on what a happy people must inhabit the British Islands, seeing the amount of indignation and newspaper wrath bestowed upon what is called the Organ Nuisance.

From Cornelius O'Dowd Upon Men And Women And Other Things In General by Lever, Charles James




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