1
as in urged
to subject (someone) to constant scoldings and sharp reminders
she kept nagging him to fix the furnace before the weather got any colder
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2
as in complained
to express dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment usually tiresomely
if all you can do is nag, then you are of no use to this organization at all
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Earlier in December, Pope Benedict XV urged a holiday truce.—
Eli Wizevich,
Smithsonian Magazine,
24 Dec. 2024 -
Customers who have purchased this product are being urged to immediately return it to their nearest Lidl store for a full refund—with or without a receipt.—
Josh Hammer,
Newsweek,
23 Dec. 2024
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When the goal was not overturned by the video assistant referee (VAR) review system, Tottenham’s senior assistant coach Matt Wells complained to the fourth official along with Sergio Reguilon, one of their substitutes.—
Jay Harris,
The Athletic,
4 Jan. 2025
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The year before, the prison had been the site of two back-to-back riots in which inmates had burned mattresses to protest inadequate medical care and the persistent use of solitary confinement to punish prisoners who complained.—
Jesse Hyde,
Rolling Stone,
4 Jan. 2025
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Vonnegut begged readers to choose kindness, to keep winking through the darkness.—
Devin Kelly,
Outside Online,
3 Apr. 2025
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Fans online have begged her family to give her professional tools like a PC or VOCALOID software.—
Ron Estes,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 Mar. 2025
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With the exception of the Russell 2000, which gained 1%, none of the major indices bothered to get out of bed the day after Christmas.—
JJ Kinahan,
Forbes,
27 Dec. 2024
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The technology behind an LLM is sufficiently advanced because the people using it have not bothered to understand it.—
Elizabeth Lopatto,
The Verge,
23 Dec. 2024
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Questions around public safety spending dogged last year’s budget process and continue to overshadow relations with the mayor’s office.—
Frederick Melo,
Twin Cities,
17 Mar. 2025
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But the proposal, controversial for its potential impact on the climate, has also been dogged by long-standing doubts about its commercial viability, with ExxonMobil, BP and ConocoPhilips backing out of the project in 2016.—
Max Kim,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Mar. 2025
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Not seeing his name on the list should have annoyed him.—
Stuart James,
New York Times,
9 Apr. 2025
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While typically a crowd at a concert might have been annoyed that the performer stopped the show to have a chat with a fan, the audience couldn’t have been more supportive and receptive.—
Melissa Locker,
Southern Living,
4 Apr. 2025
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“Nagged.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nagged. Accessed 4 May. 2025.
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