persecutor

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Noun
  • With no power to fend off poultry farms, neighbors live with stench and nuisances North Carolina keeps poultry farm locations secret.
    Gavin Off, Charlotte Observer, 26 Jan. 2025
  • Like with skateboarding, Kemp says, many leaders saw stickball as a nuisance that disrupted commerce.
    Greg Rosalsky, NPR, 14 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Montreal Canadiens, 24-20-4 Last week: 15 Sean’s ranking: 17 Dom’s ranking: 17 The Canadiens are one of the league’s hottest teams, a tease of better things to come.
    Dom Luszczyszyn, The Athletic, 24 Jan. 2025
  • Warren, who writes songs but never sings them publicly, nevertheless gave Gaga a little vocal tease of her ideas.
    Scott Feinberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Catastrophic events like the fires in Los Angeles have a way of turning these annoyances into disillusionment.
    Jay Caspian Kang, The New Yorker, 16 Jan. 2025
  • Vent to a friend or family member to release annoyances brewing within instead of bringing tense moments to the office.
    Lisa Stardust, People.com, 3 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Trash has stopped being collected consistently and has piled up, attracting pests and rodents, and creating a safety and health hazard.
    Jeff A. Chamer, Charlotte Observer, 16 Jan. 2025
  • Such environmental factors may render one population more resilient in some way than another, and who knows which stash may prove to best withstand new climate stressors, or pests and diseases?
    Margaret Roach, New York Times, 15 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Syrians used that same border to flee the ever-expanding roster of tormentors.
    Alia Malek, New York Times, 17 Jan. 2025
  • His tormentors shall live solely to suffer at his hands.
    Scott Phillips, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2024
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