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Recent Examples of bug
Noun
Garbage, rotting food with bugs and clothing stacked close to the ceiling were also seen in most areas of the house. Matthew Cupelli, Cincinnati Enquirer, 4 Oct. 2025 Now companies ship small updates all the time — bug fixes in April, new features in June, experiments in August. Sinéad O'Sullivan, CNBC, 3 Oct. 2025
Verb
Which bugs bite on the NC coast? Evan Moore, Charlotte Observer, 25 Sep. 2025 Power gains are bugged to be too low for a new power grind that no one wants to do anyway. Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for bug
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bug
Noun
  • Only a sucker would think the curtain close of the Eras Tour marked the end of Swift’s almighty reign in the pop sphere.
    Maya Georgi, Rolling Stone, 3 Oct. 2025
  • The team in green silenced a sea of red and white with a sucker-punch of a goal from a set-play.
    Joseph O'Sullivan, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The approach could open safer treatment possibilities for bipolar disorder, Alzheimer’s disease, and viral brain infections.
    Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 9 Oct. 2025
  • For each ticket sold, $1 will be donated to the CMT Research Foundation, which funds research to help aid in finding a cure for Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease.
    Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 8 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • In practice, Musk bowed to authoritarian governments or banned critical journalists when their reporting annoyed him.
    Jacob Silverman, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Joe proceeded to get drunk, annoy her (and multiple other cast members), and ultimately exit the party early to pass out in his room.
    Sydney Bucksbaum, Entertainment Weekly, 1 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Reviewing pages have been thinned by the forces of history and technology; few Pynchon skeptics anymore bother to take the time to read the novels and register their objections.
    Book Marks October 2, Literary Hub, 2 Oct. 2025
  • But Bob Say, owner of Los Angeles’ Freakbeat Records, for one, isn’t all that bothered.
    Roy Trakin, Rolling Stone, 1 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Vaughan has also made his mark on primetime television, with roles such as the charming firefighter Dan Gordon on Charmed and Calvin Galston, the longtime, married lover of Nova Bordelon on Queen Sugar.
    Mekishana Pierre, Entertainment Weekly, 6 Oct. 2025
  • The cable network recently went in search for the best spots for plant lovers in the United States — showcasing a single garden per state.
    Idaho Statesman, Idaho Statesman, 6 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Defensive lineman Yetur Gross-Matos, who is a reliable depth piece for them, went down with a hamstring injury, while linebacker Dee Winters suffered a shoulder ailment.
    Robert Marvi, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025
  • For centuries, such conditions have not even been considered to be health issues in the same way that physical ailments are, and have been dismissed as hysteria or even weakness.
    Alice Park, Time, 30 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Always dilute apple cider vinegar with water and drink through a straw to avoid damaging tooth enamel and irritating the esophagus.
    Maggie O'Neill, Verywell Health, 2 Oct. 2025
  • The decision by Aaron Turner, Kuminga’s agent, to go on a media tour in recent weeks while negotiating publicly in hopes of landing a better offer for Kuminga, irritated some with the organization, according to league sources.
    Nick Friedell, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • As if the local deer population had enough to worry about as the bow hunting season begins, now a disease is spreading between them.
    Kirsten Fiscus, Nashville Tennessean, 5 Oct. 2025
  • From junior staffers worried about automation to managers fearing irrelevance, no one feels entirely safe.
    Preston Fore, Fortune, 5 Oct. 2025

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“Bug.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bug. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.

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