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Recent Examples of bug
Noun
The San Francisco 49ers cannot seem to shake the injury bug. James Brizuela, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Sep. 2025 Pesticides aren't recommended because boxelder bugs have developed a resistance to many standard formulas. Andrea Beck, Better Homes & Gardens, 26 Sep. 2025
Verb
On average, the matador bugs increased their waving behavior seven times more in the presence of the predatory mantids. Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 11 Sep. 2025 Fort Worth bed bugs The B-plot of Episode 7 has Peggy setting up a Little Free Library in her front yard in an effort to build community. Jake Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for bug
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bug
Noun
  • The team in green silenced a sea of red and white with a sucker-punch of a goal from a set-play.
    Joseph O'Sullivan, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
  • The piano pop legend is a sucker for things that go bling, but his latest pieces are not for the faint of heart.
    Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 16 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Health experts have underscored that the best protection against the disease is the vaccine, either given alone or as part of a measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) shot or a measles-mumps-rubella-varicella (MMRV) vaccine.
    Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 25 Sep. 2025
  • The immunizations in question are for school-aged children, protecting against infections and diseases like tetanus, polio, measles and whooping cough.
    Romy Ellenbogen, Miami Herald, 24 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The New York Yankees were annoyed by the way several members of the 2024 Dodgers spent the offseason taking potshots at their World Series opponent.
    Chris Kirschner, New York Times, 24 Sep. 2025
  • While some fans weren’t overly concerned about the picture, arguing the players were just having fun, others were annoyed to see Bronco athletes decked out in the gear of a regional school.
    Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 23 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Finney's younger sister Gwen (Madeleine McGraw) is bothered by nightmarish visions of an alpine camp, and the siblings investigate only to discover that the Grabber has found a way to torture from the other side.
    Brian Truitt, USA Today, 25 Sep. 2025
  • Common Pests and Problems Hardy cyclamen planted in ground are rarely bothered by pests.
    Arricca Elin SanSone, Southern Living, 24 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • This cal is every candle lover’s dream.
    Katie Decker-Jacoby, StyleCaster, 29 Sep. 2025
  • National Coffee Day is the perfect time buy a gift for the coffee lover in your life.
    Christopher Murray may earn a commission if you buy through our referral links. This content was created by a team that works independently from the Fox newsroom., FOXNews.com, 29 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Quarterback Brock Purdy and tight end George Kittle have missed their last two games due to toe and hamstring ailments, respectively.
    Robert Marvi, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Sep. 2025
  • Death certificates often attributed fatalities among older people to ailments like heart failure instead of falls, making fall mortality appear lower in the 1980s and 1990s.
    Paula Span, Miami Herald, 25 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • His eerie calm seems to irritate Dawn even more than a candidly emotional confrontation would have done.
    Richard Brody, New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2025
  • The cranky and irritating backseat driver, who bums a lift midway through the Griswolds' adventure, also has with her the easily excitable pooch Dinky.
    Jordan Hoffman, Entertainment Weekly, 28 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Some furniture executives worry about rising prices and the lack of domestic manufacturing capacity.
    Kinsey Crowley, USA Today, 27 Sep. 2025
  • And while some worry that changing the exclusion could flood the market, Moody’s analysis finds that even a 25% spike in listings would only restore sales to normal, pre-crisis levels.
    Preston Fore, Fortune, 27 Sep. 2025

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“Bug.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bug. Accessed 1 Oct. 2025.

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