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
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.
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Katie Campione, Deadline, 26 Nov. 2025
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Feeney’s book features multiple narrators, but relativity is not an idea the series bothers to develop.—
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Now, wages have grown, but inflation bothers people.—
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One of its two young sibling protagonists, Amber (Bianca Belle), channels her feelings about the recent death of her mother into drawings of creatures born out of her troubled imagination, some of whom enact violence against the classmate who annoys her.—
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There's just one thing about Claire Danes that annoys Matthew Rhys.—
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“Pesters.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pesters. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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