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Recent Examples of bug
Noun
The timing of the drops suggests that the Tarkov winter wipe will launch this week, likely on December 26, given that there are usually a few days for bugs to be fixed before the Twitch Drops kick off. Mike Stubbs, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024 Earlier this month, Kevin and Danielle told PEOPLE that their younger daughter seems to have been bitten by the musical bug. Hannah Sacks, People.com, 24 Dec. 2024
Verb
The inability to do anything against the Braves in extra innings will probably be the defining series of the season, but there’s something about this one that should bug you more than most. Grant Brisbee, The Athletic, 26 Aug. 2024 Bungie recently acknowledged the existence of arguably the worst bug in Destiny 2’s entire history, the revelation that for years now, loot drops have been bugged to make certain perk combinations close to impossible to get, when all combinations were supposedly supposed to be weighted equally. Paul Tassi, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for bug 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bug
Noun
  • The Rams are the better, more motivated, more rested team, which makes this appear as a sucker line.
    Hank Gola, New York Daily News, 20 Dec. 2024
  • Can’t spin me with the sucker sh*t to take Hov down.
    Marc Griffin, VIBE.com, 11 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • In recent decades, scientists have started to wonder whether Ravel composed Boléro not in spite of his disease, but because of it.
    Ellen Wexler, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 Dec. 2024
  • Baltimore’s health department has not confirmed any cases of Legionnaires’ disease associated with the Legionella bacteria found in government buildings.
    Racquel Bazos, Baltimore Sun, 30 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • Or Austin Butler giving alabaster psychopath in Dune: Part Two.
    Joe Reid, Vulture, 10 Dec. 2024
  • Sadly, this instinct goes both ways—psychopaths are similarly able to read others, most notably vulnerable targets.
    Gautam Mukunda, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2024
Verb
  • Yates’ behavior annoyed his first pair of cellmates, who demanded he be removed, his father said.
    Kelly Davis, The Mercury News, 23 Dec. 2024
  • They are annoyed by the limitations and complications of finding recharging stations.
    Greg Petro, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024
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  • The city and state have also been ramping up efforts to engage troubled vagrants sleeping and sometimes bothering straphangers, connecting them with services and shelter and potentially involuntary treatment.
    New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 27 Dec. 2024
  • Kansas City Chiefs 27, Houston Texans 19 (Saturday): Patrick Mahomes didn't look bothered by his high ankle sprain, keeping the Chiefs in line for the AFC's top playoff seed.
    Jim Reineking, USA TODAY, 24 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • The Bob Dylan that the world fell in love with was a thinker, a joker, a fighter, and sometimes a lover.
    Al Shipley, SPIN, 25 Dec. 2024
  • But Tavitian, while a lover of fine wine, especially Burgundy, was not born to the manor.
    Ted Loos, New York Times, 24 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • About 50% of colonies and millions of bees die each year from a variety of ailments, devastating numbers for beekeepers.
    Danielle Chemtob, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024
  • The Pentagon is using the funding to study arthritis, cancer and chronic fatigue — all ailments that affect women in the military.
    Eva Pound, CBS News, 11 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • Owners should be cautious about walking areas where the sidewalks or roads are salted, as the texture and chemicals can irritate or cut a dog's paw pads.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 17 Dec. 2024
  • India also irritated Pacific island states and Southeast Asian ones by refusing to ban subsidies for fisheries in sovereign waters.
    Manjari Chatterjee Miller, Foreign Affairs, 11 Dec. 2024

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“Bug.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bug. Accessed 4 Jan. 2025.

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