nagged

past tense of nag
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Recent Examples of nagged The Angels finally made a concession to the back trouble that has nagged Tyler Anderson all season. Jeff Fletcher, Oc Register, 12 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for nagged
Verb
  • The 26-year-old has been Arsenal’s captain since the summer of 2022, but in August, Adams urged Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta to strip the Norway international of the Arsenal captaincy and hand the role to Declan Rice.
    Art de Roché, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Chad Bauman, executive director at Milwaukee Repertory Theater, urged the committee to reject the funding allocations in the hopes of obtaining more money for the theater company.
    Claudia Levens, jsonline.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Prosecutors describe the laws as an invaluable tool against would-be attackers, but civil liberties groups have long complained of overreach.
    Hannah Allam, ProPublica, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Advertisement The panel has already obtained roughly 33,000 pages of records from the Justice Department, though Democrats have complained those disclosures contained little new information.
    Nik Popli, Time, 9 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • At one point, older brother Jason, an NFL player himself by then, called Jones and begged him to give Kelce another chance.
    Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Rusev set up the steel chair in the turnbuckle as Sheamus begged Rusev to kick him.
    Blake Oestriecher, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Steve Jobs screamed from time to time as self-therapy.
    Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune, 3 Sep. 2025
  • The symbolism is a little over-the-top if this is the case, but then again, this is a show for teens based on a YA novel, also for teens, and sometimes the symbolism needs to be screamed in ALL CAPS.
    Sam Reed, Glamour, 29 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • By the time Kendra’s lies were discovered, the family was being hounded by debt collectors and were in danger of losing their home.
    Stephanie McNeal, Glamour, 5 Sep. 2025
  • The Vikings defense hounded Maye, a veteran unit that ranked second in takeaways last year and confounded veteran quarterbacks with its exotic pressure packages.
    Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 16 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • And she couldn’t be bothered to start things up again.
    Bryan Washington, New Yorker, 7 Sep. 2025
  • No one has ever bothered me for doing this.
    R29 Team, Refinery29, 5 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • From the other room, the victim moaned.
    Stephanie Kuzydym, The Courier-Journal, 15 Aug. 2025
  • Yankees fans have moaned and groaned about Aaron Boone’s deployment of Williams in crucial situations this season, and it’s only exacerbated now that every game counts in the postseason race.
    Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 9 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Whistleblower allegations and production quality concerns have dogged the company, but Grant noted that Boeing has introduced improvements that airlines are beginning to see firsthand.
    Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Lower Basin states, including Arizona, have put forward a new concept, but that plan has run into many of the same conflicts that dogged the Lower Basin’s previous proposal.
    Austin Corona, AZCentral.com, 5 Sep. 2025

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“Nagged.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nagged. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.

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