Thesaurus / pester
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Bauer has pestered women who challenge him on Twitter, a habit made more noticeable by the fact that he has not handled male critics on the platform so pointedly.
TREVOR BAUER, UNORTHODOX STAR WITH AN UNORTHODOX DEAL, GETS AN UNORTHODOX DODGERS INTROCHELSEA JANESFEBRUARY 12, 2021WASHINGTON POSTGiven how quickly I was wolfing books down, I didn’t want to pester my parents to drive me there every other day.
FIVE SCIENTISTS ON THE HEROES WHO CHANGED THEIR LIVES - ISSUE 93: FORERUNNERSALAN LIGHTMAN, HOPE JAHREN, ROBERT SAPOLSKY,DECEMBER 2, 2020NAUTILUSWe just understood this as another tool to pester with our living situation.
PODCAST: FACIAL RECOGNITION IS QUIETLY BEING USED TO CONTROL ACCESS TO HOUSING AND SOCIAL SERVICESTATE RYAN-MOSLEYDECEMBER 2, 2020MIT TECHNOLOGY REVIEW“The question of what determines biological diversity has pestered evolutionary biologists ever since Wallace and Darwin came up with their theory of evolution,” Salzburger said.
NEW FISH DATA REVEAL HOW EVOLUTIONARY BURSTS CREATE SPECIESELENA RENKENDECEMBER 1, 2020QUANTA MAGAZINEThis acceleration in bee-pestered plants is not entirely a surprise.
BUMBLEBEES MAY BITE LEAVES TO SPUR PLANT BLOOMINGSUSAN MILIUSJULY 2, 2020SCIENCE NEWS FOR STUDENTSDo not continually pester either your companion or the conductor with questions, such as "Where are we now?"
THE LADIES' BOOK OF ETIQUETTE, AND MANUAL OF POLITENESSFLORENCE HARTLEYDo you want me to pester every office in the government with new inquiries?
PAUL PATOFFF. MARION CRAWFORDThe Landhofmeisterin continued to pester the Duke to convey her to Frankfort.
A GERMAN POMPADOURMARIE HAY"No fear, with my old woman to pester me," answered Richard, with a grim relaxing of his features.
FOR JOHN'S SAKEANNIE FRANCES PERRAMThe next year he became editor-in-chief to the "Pester Lloyd," raising that paper to a high level of excellence.
SOME JEWISH WITNESSES FOR CHRISTREV. A. BERNSTEIN, B.D.WORDS RELATED TO PESTER
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