nuisance

This month a New Mexico judge ordered Meta to pay $567 million to abate an alleged public nuisance caused by its platform.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026

A New Mexico judge on Thursday ordered Meta to pay more than half a billion dollars over the state's claims that the social media giant created a "public nuisance" and harmed children.

From Barron's ● Aug. 7, 2026

Since Lineage’s 500,000-square-foot warehouse caught fire June 17, the South Coast Air Quality Management District has received more than 4,000 odor complaints and has issued Lineage at least 20 violation notices for public nuisance.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026

These might sound like extreme measures just to prevent a common nuisance.

From Slate ● Aug. 4, 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

“People see these companies as nuisances that they tolerate,” Goldberg said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 8, 2026

Calling it a “broad inquiry,” Uthmeier said it was too early to pinpoint what specific action might result but said Florida law on deceptive trade practices, fraud or public nuisances could be invoked.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026

In 2017, when Sydney’s father was dying, he hired Sharon Zissman to help pay the household bills and oversee the everyday financial nuisances that he feared would burden his wife and family after his death.

From MarketWatch ● May 8, 2026

But for gulls — sometimes erroneously called “seagulls,” though they are not exclusive to the ocean — they are described as nuisances and pests, which experts say couldn’t be further from the truth.

From Salon ● Oct. 20, 2024

‘Of all the confounded nuisances you are the worst, Sam!’ he said.

From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien