as in nuisance
one who is obnoxiously annoying
like a dog who won't let go of a bone, that gnawer in the backseat wouldn't quit mentioning that I had made a wrong turn and gotten us lost
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Noun
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Neighbors call in concerned about true nuisances that could affect the enjoyment of their private property.—
Andrew Wimer,
Forbes.com,
30 June 2025 -
Angry residents would sabotage the robotaxis with the help of traffic cones, while the city’s fire department chief herself would regularly malign them as a dangerous nuisance.—
Christiaan Hetzner,
Fortune,
22 June 2025
Noun
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To the gag order and constant annoyance with any attention the case gets.—
Anna Commander,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 July 2025
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This means that the auditoriums and school gyms and other places where these workers pull long days should be properly air conditioned and stocked with fans, water, ice, electrolyte solutions, and whatever else is needed to ensure the heat remains more of an annoyance than a lethal danger.—
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
24 June 2025
Noun
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According to Orkin, the pest control company, scorpions come indoors in search of food.—
Phaedra Trethan,
USA Today,
6 July 2025
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Using a mosquito 'bucket of doom' is much cheaper than getting a pest control service to come fog or spray your yard.—
Elliott Harrell,
Southern Living,
4 July 2025
Noun
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Without a hot fastball, even as a tease pitch, the tightrope becomes slimmer.—
Tom Krasovic,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
9 July 2025
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The season finale of Marvel Television’s Ironheart introduced — at long last, after four-and-a-half years of teases — the devilish baddie that is Mephisto, as played by Sacha Baron Cohen.—
Matt Webb Mitovich,
TVLine,
3 July 2025
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“Gnawer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gnawer. Accessed 15 Jul. 2025.
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