as in bothers
to thrust oneself upon (another) without invitation
one resident pestered the condo board about every little thing
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Recent Examples of pesters
All-American Madison Booker thrives in the midrange, while senior Rori Harmon pesters along the perimeter and Jordan Lee spots up for buckets.
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Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 20 Mar. 2026
As the gang is gearing up for this fight, Mike pesters Will to the point that all the latter can do is roll his eyes.
—Katie Campione, Deadline, 26 Nov. 2025
Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 20 Mar. 2026
As the gang is gearing up for this fight, Mike pesters Will to the point that all the latter can do is roll his eyes.
—Katie Campione, Deadline, 26 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pesters
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His approach is to look at what bothers that person the most.—
Kaicey Baylor,
CBS News,
22 Mar. 2026
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The political rhetoric aimed at ridiculing Canada bothers Johnson.—
Jeanne Bonner,
CNN Money,
16 Mar. 2026
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What is the pettiest thing that annoys you during a race weekend?—
Jeff Gluck,
New York Times,
12 Mar. 2026
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Think of something that annoys you, connect it to masculinity by adding bro, and proceed as though that bro were a category of person.—
Dan Brooks,
The Atlantic,
26 Feb. 2026
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“Pesters.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pesters. Accessed 29 Mar. 2026.
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