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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There were other stories that bothered him more, like a post by a writer who recounted a chaste one-night stand with Tea Party activist and Senate candidate Christine O’Donnell that described her pubic hair.—
Frank DiGiacomo,
HollywoodReporter,
8 May 2026 -
However, in the wild, the algae are the ocean’s introverts, and only glow when they are bothered, like jolted by a crashing wave or the hull of a passing boat.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
7 May 2026
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Conservatives who care about limited government should be troubled by a federal law whose primary purpose is to prevent states from governing themselves.—
Jesse Plunkett,
The Orlando Sentinel,
2 May 2026
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We also are deeply troubled by the cancellation of the $11 million grant to Catholic Charities of Miami, which played a very important part with the resettlement of Syrian and Afghan refugees in Miami and elsewhere.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
29 Apr. 2026
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For buyers weighing a condo near Sundance Square against a house in Arlington Heights or Wedgwood, that timing gives room to compare options without panic bidding.—
Lauren Jarvis-Gibson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
7 May 2026
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The tuna — sometimes weighing as much as 200 pounds — can drop her car four inches closer to the ground once loaded, Lee says.—
Stephanie Breijo,
Los Angeles Times,
7 May 2026
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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 booked on charges of crowding, obstructing, or incommoding at the offices.—
Zachary Halaschak,
Washington Examiner,
16 Jan. 2020
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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and former Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen were similarly discommoded at mealtime in public settings.—
Michael Hiltzik,
Los Angeles Times,
13 Sep. 2019
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Baseball doesn’t have a monopoly on rude fan behavior or organizational decisions that inconvenience their fans.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
29 Apr. 2026
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The plots of these shows usually center on a murder, which occurs not so much to end a human life as to inconvenience our star, who must postpone a brunch or a media event to conceal an inconvenient corpse.—
Libby Gelman-Waxner,
New Yorker,
21 Apr. 2026
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Remaining quiet and respectful increases the chances of observing bears in their natural habitat without disturbing them.—
Debbie Olsen,
Travel + Leisure,
2 May 2026
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Coherence unravels strange events and disturbing moments that are sure to thrill.—
Grace Dean,
Space.com,
2 May 2026
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Commercial writers banded together in equal fury, putting out a rebuttal that same year titled, naturally, This Is Chick-Lit.—
Hillary Busis,
Vanity Fair,
4 May 2026
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All were contained and put out without injury or lasting damage.—
Tom Von Essen,
New York Daily News,
3 May 2026
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“Disoblige.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disoblige. Accessed 9 May. 2026.
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