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bothering

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verb

present participle of bother
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Recent Examples of bothering
Verb
The dog recognizes that something is amiss, but isn’t capable of understanding what’s really bothering Todd. Peter Debruge, Variety, 3 Oct. 2025 The injury that will sideline Herro to begin this season is one that had been bothering him for a few months. Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 29 Sep. 2025 Even scrambling around, his knee was bothering him. Michael Nowels, Mercury News, 22 Sep. 2025 There's other important bathroom etiquette travelers should keep in mind to avoid bothering flight attendants. Katie Nadworny, Travel + Leisure, 16 Sep. 2025 Lead with Gratitude and Grace Calling out someone for bothering you is always tricky. Mary Catherine McAnnally Scott, Southern Living, 6 Sep. 2025 Because Paris is a magical place, Belly’s pickpocket takes her backpack directly to a rave without even bothering to open it. Kathleen Walsh, Vulture, 3 Sep. 2025 So, at least for now, Chamorro is not bothering with the official Pop Mart drops. Ramishah Maruf, CNN Money, 24 Aug. 2025 While there is still hope that Clark can return this season from the groin injury that has been bothering her, there is no guarantee of that becoming a reality. Evan Massey, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bothering
Noun
  • Those exceptions include true threats, defamation, harassment and obscenities.
    Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 15 Oct. 2025
  • The fashion show was canceled in 2019, the same year organizer Edward Razek resigned after facing criticism for misogyny and harassment.
    Dina Kaur, AZCentral.com, 15 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Grieving Vince, worrying about Bode, and taking care of her Cal Fire family is a lot to balance.
    Alamin Yohannes, Entertainment Weekly, 18 Oct. 2025
  • Stop worrying about the bubble in AI—its growth is sustainable, three Wall Street analysts from Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan, and Wedbush argued this morning in notes seen by Fortune.
    Jim Edwards, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Co-worker bugging you during heads down time?
    Sam Woodward, USA Today, 10 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • In Season 4, Eddie played a key role in distracting Vecna’s (Jamie Campbell Bower) Demobats as the rest of the gang launched an attack on the Upside Down stronghold of Creel House.
    Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 20 Oct. 2025
  • Because many designs in the 1970s focused on open-concept designs, noise in the previous building could be distracting for classes, and teachers had made makeshift walls using bookshelves in an attempt to keep noise out, Bookhout said.
    Imani Cruzen, Twin Cities, 19 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Cornell would arrive at the scene of these disturbances in a suit and tie, carrying a bag containing notepads, tape recorders, cameras and, on occasion, other, homemade instruments.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 20 Oct. 2025
  • The works, which were still under video surveillance, sat unopened all weekend, with no unusual disturbances recorded.
    Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 17 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Martin revealed the repeat offender's disturbing search history.
    Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 20 Oct. 2025
  • The property served as both recording hub and the center of disturbing allegations that have long shadowed Kelly’s career.
    Amber Corrine, VIBE.com, 14 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The dog keeps pulling the tablecloth off the table, there’s piss on the ground, and her husband Jackson, played by Robert Pattinson, is just there — annoying enough on its own.
    Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 17 Oct. 2025
  • A lot of noise around the Chiefs The Chiefs have become a mainstay in NFL discourse by winning three Super Bowls in the Mahomes era, and annoying an endless list of fan bases with their ability to overcome the odds and rally for a late win at an unprecedented rate.
    Scott Chasen, Kansas City Star, 21 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • However, the Cowboys revealed concerning injury news at the wide receiver position on Saturday.
    Jordan Sigler, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Oct. 2025
  • As with the recent ceasefire in Gaza, those meetings have the potential to turn down the temperature, at least somewhat, in some of the most concerning parts of the globe.
    David Goldman, CNN Money, 17 Oct. 2025

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“Bothering.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bothering. Accessed 23 Oct. 2025.

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