as in to bother
to cause discomfort to or trouble for
didn't want to disoblige her relatives by spending the night at their place
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If Waldron wasn’t battered, then Phillies starter Zack Wheeler was hardly bothered.—
Kevin Acee,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
30 June 2025 -
While notification bundles were an option before, they were primarily used for messaging, and not all developers bothered.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
30 June 2025
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The lack of specificity in the board’s response to the community troubles former board member Judi Schaim.—
Maura Fox,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
22 June 2025
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After a few years of decreasing infection, the pests rarely trouble citrus trees.—
Megan Hughes,
Better Homes & Gardens,
21 June 2025
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Start with the legal fees, awarding the lawyers $400 million in the settlement, weighed against the paltry sums granted to each of the specific student-athlete plaintiffs.—
Guy Lawson,
Rolling Stone,
22 June 2025
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The United States is moving B-2 bombers to the Pacific island of Guam, two U.S. officials told Reuters on Saturday, as President Donald Trump weighs whether the United States should take part in Israel's strikes against Iran.—
Reuters,
USA Today,
21 June 2025
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At least 16 people were arrested for allegedly crowding, obstructing and incommoding another person and one was arrested for alleged defacement during a planned act of civil disobedience.—
Tal Axelrod,
ABC News,
8 Mar. 2023
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All were charged with crowding and obstructing or incommoding, Malecki said.—
Sophie Lewis,
CBS News,
10 Jan. 2020
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That’s unlike the species’ trash bin-opening habit, which has inconvenienced homeowners across at least 44 different suburbs.—
Sara Hashemi,
Smithsonian Magazine,
4 June 2025
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The people who live or conduct business on Troost Avenue would be inconvenienced by a name change.—
Mike Hendricks,
Kansas City Star,
6 May 2025
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The Heisenberg uncertainty principle teaches us that observation disturbs the observed.—
Vibhas Ratanjee,
Forbes.com,
27 June 2025
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Hammond, not wanting the dinosaurs disturbed, sends behavioral paleontologist Sarah Harding (Julianne Moore) to Isla Sorna, where the dinosaurs have been living without human interference.—
Will Harris,
EW.com,
27 June 2025
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The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee on Sunday put out a statement predicting Democrats would flip the seat next year.—
Deirdre Walsh,
NPR,
29 June 2025
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Historians put out their all-time baseball teams with great regularity.—
Nick Canepa,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
28 June 2025
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“Disoblige.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disoblige. Accessed 5 Jul. 2025.
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