yapped (at)

past tense of yap (at)

Example Sentences

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Verb
  • Conceding from a restart would have annoyed France, and Jorgen Strand Larsen converting his penalty could have made this more fun.
    Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 7 July 2026
  • Those of us old enough to remember the 1994-95 strike recall it as a disaster for the sport, as fans were annoyed by both owners and players, and many turned to other life interests.
    Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 6 July 2026
Verb
  • In 2023, two adults harassed a 9-year-old child at an elementary school track meet.
    Megan Gandy, The Conversation, 1 July 2026
  • The operation, ProPublica found, ensnared innocent residents of the majority-Black city who said they were targeted and harassed because of their race.
    Topher Sanders, ProPublica, 30 June 2026
Verb
  • Aside from the peeling of the waterproof coating, the reflecting pool has been plagued by an algae bloom, a persistent problem due to Washington’s high heat during the summer and the pool’s shallow depth, which creates an ideal biological incubator.
    Philip Wang, Time, 6 July 2026
  • Now fully healthy after knee injuries plagued his rookie season, Thiero’s versatility in summer league could potentially translate to regular-season minutes.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 5 July 2026
Verb
  • Real Madrid goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois seemed personally irked.
    Tim Spiers, New York Times, 7 July 2026
  • In the months since his March promotion, Andreou has worked to release the Copilot super app, scaled back the ubiquitous Copilot icons that irked Windows users, and launched Copilot Cowork to compete with Anthropic’s highly popular Claude Cowork.
    Sebastian Herrera, Fortune, 27 June 2026
Verb
  • But his relationship with the modern outdoor industry feels vexed.
    William Finnegan, New Yorker, 29 June 2026
  • Early in negotiations, Tehran had been eager to secure China’s backing as a guarantor in a peace deal, but Beijing has shown little interest in playing such a formal - and potentially vexed - role.
    Simone McCarthy, CNN Money, 20 June 2026
Verb
  • The group alleged that as well as hacking their phones, journalists from the Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday tapped landlines and bugged houses and cars.
    K.J. Yossman, Variety, 7 July 2026
  • When Riley returned to the table, La La told me that his high profile in the city sometimes bugged her, because fans were always interrupting them, even sitting down at their table.
    Emily Nussbaum, New Yorker, 17 May 2026
Verb
  • As aldermen badgered the buyer, seller and Johnson’s top lawyers during the no-vote hearing, some zeroed in on the mayor, accusing his team of being unnecessarily secretive.
    Jake Sheridan, Chicago Tribune, 25 June 2026
  • For those who have been told or badgered by family members to book travel early, doing so 21 days to 35 days ahead of travel resulted in an even more expensive 33% ticket hike.
    Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 19 May 2026
Verb
  • The problem Databento is solving has bothered anyone who has ever tried to get institutional-grade market data.
    Lily Mae Lazarus, Fortune, 9 July 2026
  • There was a stretch of my adolescence, sometime in the early 2000s, when I was quietly convinced my life was a television show and no one had bothered to tell me.
    Alli Kushner, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026
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“Yapped (at).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/yapped%20%28at%29. Accessed 12 Jul. 2026.

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