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
Children would build grottos from the shells and pester passers-by for pennies for their efforts, with cries of "Pray remember the grotto!"
From Salon ● Jan. 6, 2025
In jail, Amma taught me never to pester anyone about their past, but a question slips out of me before I can stop it.
From "Born Behind Bars" by Padma Venkatraman
He described Mr Amro as an "anarchist who frequently pesters IDF soldiers in Hebron".
From BBC ● Feb. 14, 2023
On their way to Bill and Frank’s, Ellie pesters Joel with questions about the pandemic, and he explains to her — and to us — more about what happened.
From New York Times ● Jan. 29, 2023
When Emily pesters her with insecure questions about her own appearance, Mrs. Webb snaps at her daughter, “You’re pretty enough for all normal purposes.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2017
Mundey, who often pesters Neiko about taking good shots and getting back on defense, yelled from the sideline.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 13, 2017
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
He pestered his parents and friends about the risks of AI.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 16, 2026
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 is regularly pestered in the local pub for stories of his wild upbringing surrounded by lions and baboons in the middle of the English countryside.
From BBC ● Dec. 31, 2023
Aunt Pretty was so anxious to hear what I was up to, she pestered me all through dinner to tell her the story.
From "The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs" by Betty G. Birney
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
As she waits for her fiancé, who is delayed by inclement weather, to arrive, her guests buzz around her like candy-colored flies, pestering her.
From New York Times ● May 30, 2024
“What’s so special I should bring back out of all the hundreds of people pestering me every day for my miracles this particular fella? And, believe me, it better be worth while.”
From "The Princess Bride" by William Goldman
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