pester
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There’s a store chain called Five Below that is designed to maximize pester power.
From Barron's ● Jun. 5, 2026
Now Spirit is gone, robbing us all of the airline likeliest to pester United, Delta, and American into lowering their prices more quickly once fuel prices go down.
From Slate ● May 12, 2026
And I never needed to pester him for stories.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 30, 2026
He was arrested and later released on bail on condition that he did not harass, pester or intimidate Harshita.
From BBC ● Nov. 9, 2025
I walk back toward the railway station and pester the station agent until he gets me a spot on the next train back to Amsterdam.
From "Girl in the Blue Coat" by Monica Hesse
Bobo pesters the grown-ups with tons of pushy questions.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2025
He described Mr Amro as an "anarchist who frequently pesters IDF soldiers in Hebron".
From BBC ● Feb. 14, 2023
Now, she said, her family pesters her for festival tickets, and she is preparing to direct a new film to be shot in Saudi Arabia.
From New York Times ● Dec. 27, 2021
Sometimes she slips up and pesters me by saying, “Steve, take out the garbage please.”
From Slate ● Apr. 22, 2019
Soojin sighs again, extra loudly, just like she does when her younger sister pesters us to play with her.
From "Amina's Voice" by Hena Khan
She pestered him to manage the property for timber production and eventually he relented.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
He added: "I should have pestered them to be honest, and I see that now."
From BBC ● Mar. 30, 2025
Surely only Williams pestered the woman about it afterwards.
From Salon ● Jan. 7, 2025
As we explored, I pestered Endro for the names of the trees we passed.
From National Geographic ● Jan. 23, 2024
He repeatedly pestered the office of the attorney general of the state of Washington.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
Become a real nuisance and tech boosters will eventually give up, handing the future back to the pestering, teeming masses.
From Salon ● Apr. 13, 2026
The idea for Campus Guardian Angel came from Justin Marston, a British entrepreneur and Mithril co-founder, who saw videos of small Ukrainian drones pestering Russian soldiers with guns.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 5, 2026
"Every couple of days she's pestering me asking if I've looked at dresses or done anything, and I've not," McColgan revealed.
From BBC ● Jan. 24, 2026
The perception from many is that pestering issues aren’t being addressed.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2024
Most of the people in my group got it at some time or other, because mosquitoes carry it and they were always pestering us.
From "Lost Boy, Lost Girl" by John Bul Dau
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