Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fussed (about or over)
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In the statement, the zoo said the mother may have thought her baby was annoyed with Punch, which upset her.—
Greta Cross,
USA Today,
20 Feb. 2026 -
Dominic Solanke was adjudged to have made a fair challenge on City defender Marc Guehi in the act of scoring Tottenham’s first goal, something that annoyed manager Pep Guardiola and his players.—
Sam Lee,
New York Times,
13 Feb. 2026
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The violence captured on cellphone videos and shared around the globe – buses burning, gas stations attacked, military helicopters flying overhead – wasn’t just happening in remote rural towns long plagued by drug violence.—
Mary Beth Sheridan,
CNN Money,
24 Feb. 2026
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But controversial government efforts to redress inequalities have been plagued by corruption and cronyism.—
Michael H Gavshon,
CBS News,
23 Feb. 2026
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First baseman Jake Burger picked up pilates to help mitigate the soft tissue injuries that nagged him in his debut season with the club.—
Shawn McFarland,
Dallas Morning News,
16 Feb. 2026
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Jaden and Reigan Heskey clearly had the talent to make it in the sport, but for all Heskey’s pride at their achievements, fear nagged at him.—
James Pearce,
New York Times,
23 Jan. 2026
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These sorts of technical challenges have vexed nuclear advocates who are fighting against a decades-long stagnation in nuclear development, triggered primarily by safety concerns.—
Noah Haggerty,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Feb. 2026
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The question about who gets to decide on the limits to this access is vexed.—
Sarah Shephard,
New York Times,
11 Feb. 2026
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Members of Neighbors Against Fear and Rush-hour Resistance Rallies who have protested at the ICE field office in Phoenix have irked some of the organizers with Borderlands Resource Initiative and People First Project.—
Taylor Seely,
AZCentral.com,
10 Feb. 2026
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Free-speech civil-society groups on the right and the left were irked by Kuhl’s decision.—
Kaitlyn Tiffany,
The Atlantic,
10 Feb. 2026
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“Fussed (about or over).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fussed%20%28about%20or%20over%29. Accessed 24 Feb. 2026.
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