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Recent Examples of bugaboo Layups and free throws were Golden State’s biggest bugaboos during its 7-17 spell. Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 5 Mar. 2025 Howells secures the double for the weekend with this win, and needs to get over his singles bugaboo to push for a triple crown. Todd Boss, Forbes, 4 Mar. 2025 Without Anthony Davis, the Warriors’ biggest (literally) bugaboo wouldn’t be a factor. Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 5 Mar. 2025 Next week, George was trained as a chef, but he's got one frustrating bugaboo in the kitchen. Bon Appétit, 20 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for bugaboo
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Noun
  • Boom!, the semi-autobiographical musical from Rent creator Jonathan Larson, as a hungry young composer racing toward his 30th birthday with more than a note of dread.
    Sara Netzley, EW.com, 7 May 2025
  • Developing Greater Self-Awareness Identifying behavioral signs of anxiety — such as physical restlessness, changes in eating habits or a sense of dread — may provide useful insights.
    Diane Winiarski, Forbes.com, 1 May 2025
Noun
  • One of Trump’s longstanding bugbears has been America’s trade deficits with its neighbors and competitors including Canada, China, Mexico and the European Union.
    Holly Ellyatt, CNBC, 3 Apr. 2025
  • Kuo also said the iPhone Fold, as it likely won’t be called, will address the biggest bugbear for folders: a too-visible crease in the internal display when it’s opened.
    David Phelan, Forbes.com, 29 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • If that’s true, then the rate of growth of AI startups should be striking terror into corporate board rooms around the world.
    Andrew Binns, Forbes.com, 16 May 2025
  • At least one of the young suspects who have been robbing cabbies since January was arrested, but then released from court without bail, angering taxi advocates, who are demanding prosecutors take a stronger stance against these teen terrors.
    Sheetal Banchariya, New York Daily News, 15 May 2025
Noun
  • Others get their start in spring and plague the summer lawn.
    Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 5 Apr. 2025
  • That said, consumption changes continue to plague cable.
    Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 28 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Keith Mitchell lowered the record by four strokes after carding nine birdies and no bogeys for a 9-under 61.
    Julio Cesar Valdera Morales, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 May 2025
  • After a bogey on the second hole, Louderbaugh had eight birdies the rest of the way during Wednesday’s final round.
    Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 7 May 2025

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“Bugaboo.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bugaboo. Accessed 22 May. 2025.

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