vex

The tunnel traffic continues to vex U.S. officials.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026

The contrasting standards vex those worried for the future of public education.

From Salon ● Jul. 27, 2026

A few of those sightings have continued to vex military investigators.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 22, 2026

These poor circumstances vex artists, despite optimism by curators and others who say more and more Ugandans are starting to appreciate art as an attractive investment option.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 15, 2023

I tried not to vex or trouble him further, but he never gave me the attention I desired.

From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein

One thing that vexes customers and employees are the expiration dates, which can vary from one week to a month.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 15, 2025

It is this uncertainty that vexes political pundits and campaign strategists alike.

From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2024

Regarding the Dec. 4 Metro article “Metro’s focus on evasion vexes kids”:

From Washington Post ● Dec. 8, 2022

He even puts up a poster decreeing “No eating people” in his apartment, which vexes Venom mightily.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 30, 2021

“La, no Miss, but he’s had a scene with Mr. Laurie, who is in one of his tantrums about something, which vexes the old gentleman, so I dursn’t go nigh him.”

From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott

The wicked Navier-Stokes problem had vexed mathematicians for nearly a century.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 12, 2026

Maintaining a smaller deer population is not possible, according to Barton, who said the conservancy fully evaluated other methods for solving the deer challenge, which has vexed them for at least 20 years.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026

"There is no point in bemoaning what is going on" one says phlegmatically, "Andy Burnham's inherited this vexed issue that our jails are full, it's in the nature of being PM."

From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026

But at the time, a teenage Adrian, hoping to break into the more commercial side of the film business, was vexed by his father’s reluctance to pursue Hollywood money-makers.

From Salon ● Jul. 24, 2026

“I assure you, Constance,” said Number Two, looking vexed, “Mr. Benedict doesn’t like it, either. None of us does. It simply can’t be helped.”

From "The Mysterious Benedict Society" by Trenton Lee Stewart

Roy, 34, campaigns with an aura of sunny progressive pragmatism, arguing that the city can rein in ballooning liability in part by tackling its vexing infrastructure issues.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2026

She also believed that Oklahoma’s justice system had thrown the book at Walters as a convenient way to clear a vexing case.

From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026

I have some exciting editions planned, but I also want to hear from you: What money matters are vexing you?

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 21, 2026

The most vexing question for stock investors is whether good news on hiring would be seen as good or bad.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026

There was also the vexing problem of how the intertwined chains might be held together by hydrogen bonds between the bases.

From "Double Helix" by James D. Watson