niggle (out)

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Verb
  • Cabrera will test his blister with an extended bullpen session Sunday, the same day Boyd will begin his rehab stint with Triple-A Iowa.
    Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 30 May 2026
  • Romano’s sturdy book may not stint on examples of Mary’s bad behavior—including a ferociously jealous verbal assault, near the end of the war, on the wife of a prominent Union general—but the biographer keeps tilting against those who slighted Mary in even the most superficial ways.
    Thomas Mallon, New Yorker, 18 May 2026
Verb
  • David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Inflation continues to pinch at consumers this spring.
    CJ Haddad, CNBC, 29 May 2026
  • Mason Fluharty took over and faced three batters, but left after allowing a one-out single to pinch-hitter Heriberto Hernandez.
    Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 28 May 2026
Verb
  • Rivas led a recent charge to deny the renewal of Gabriella Charter School, which uses a substantial portion of the Echo Park campus where the district operates Logan Academy for Global Ecology.
    Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 29 May 2026
  • On Friday, Musk also denied a Bloomberg report that SpaceX valuation was lowered on Friday, reaffirming that the rocket and satellite company will have a blockbuster IPO and comfortably dominate against other historic IPO deals.
    Ananya Chetia, CNBC, 29 May 2026
Verb
  • The nurses refused to increase her morphine.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 3 June 2026
  • The fund sparked widespread condemnation and a standoff between the White House and Congress, with Senate Republicans refusing to pass an immigration enforcement spending bill unless the fund was limited or scrapped.
    Aysha Bagchi, USA Today, 2 June 2026
Verb
  • The court also rejected the New Orleans City Council’s attempt to hold a special election, which would have given Duncan the option to run again.
    Jack Brook, Los Angeles Times, 2 June 2026
  • On Tuesday, however, the federation learned that the CAS panel had largely rejected its arguments but has annulled the first sanction’s partial-stadium closure.
    Matt Slater, New York Times, 2 June 2026
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“Niggle (out).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/niggle%20%28out%29. Accessed 7 Jun. 2026.

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