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Recent Examples of nettlesome The outlook for college costs jumped to a 7.2% increase, up 1.9 percentage points, while the rent component — which has been particularly nettlesome for Fed officials who have been looking for housing costs to decline — is seen as rising by 7.1%, or 0.6 percentage point more than June. Jeff Cox, CNBC, 12 Aug. 2024 State officials are pursuing a two-pronged effort — padlocking more unlicensed shops and licensing more retailers — to sweep away the nettlesome illicit market that emerged after the state legalized recreational marijuana use in 2021. Tim Balk, New York Daily News, 10 May 2024 Dean noted that inflation, which remained at a nettlesome 3.5 percent last month, still worries voters. Paul Kane, Washington Post, 13 Apr. 2024 Apple has reversed course under regulatory pressure and cleared the way for a nettlesome adversary, video game maker Epic Games, to set up an alternative store for iPhone apps in Europe. Michael Liedtke, Quartz, 8 Mar. 2024 See All Example Sentences for nettlesome
Recent Examples of Synonyms for nettlesome
Adjective
  • Few things are as annoying as a vacuum cleaner that leaves a strip of dust by the baseboards and in the corners.
    Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 9 Apr. 2025
  • Ding-dong ditched … well into adulthood—one person rang a neighbor's doorbell repeatedly just to be annoying.
    Gordon G. Chang, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Atopic dermatitis is a chronic condition with genetic and environmental causes, whereas atopic dermatitis stems from an irritating substance that triggers a rash.
    Susan Bard, Verywell Health, 2 Apr. 2025
  • Going Overboard with Outdoor Lighting Light pollution can be just as irritating as that dog down the street who barks like clockwork for 30 minutes every night.
    Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 29 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Very few things are more frustrating than Wi-Fi that lags mid-stream, mid-binge, or mid-video calls.
    Juhi Wadia, PC Magazine, 14 Apr. 2025
  • As frustrating as learning my bearings can be at times, the a-ha moments are always a joy.
    Diego Argüello, Rolling Stone, 12 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Other times, Claude’s mental activity seems super disturbing and maybe even dangerous.
    Steven Levy, Wired News, 28 Mar. 2025
  • Just as disturbing and bizarre, at least one juror originally didn’t want to convict Zeigler at all and didn’t vote to do so until after that same judge ordered the bailiff to give her a Valium.
    Scott Maxwell, The Orlando Sentinel, 26 Mar. 2025

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“Nettlesome.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nettlesome. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.

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