as in annoying
causing annoyance
the pesky problem of what to do with all the leftovers
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Recent Examples of pesky
Then there is the pesky question of location, with the festival still having yet to announce its home for 2027 and beyond from the three in-contention locations: Cincinnati, Boulder and Salt Lake/ Park City.
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Mia Galuppo, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Dec. 2024
The best vitamin C serums are among the most effective skin-care products for tackling the peskiest skin-care concerns, including dullness, discoloration, and dark spots.
—Jennifer Hussein, Allure, 11 Dec. 2024
Follow these simple steps for cleaning your trash can to eliminate pesky odors.
—Lauren Wicks, Southern Living, 23 Nov. 2024
And, of course, there’s that pesky international window, which is already slated for November 10-18, 2025.
—Jeff Rueter, The Athletic, 21 Nov. 2024
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Mia Galuppo, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Dec. 2024
The best vitamin C serums are among the most effective skin-care products for tackling the peskiest skin-care concerns, including dullness, discoloration, and dark spots.
—Jennifer Hussein, Allure, 11 Dec. 2024
Follow these simple steps for cleaning your trash can to eliminate pesky odors.
—Lauren Wicks, Southern Living, 23 Nov. 2024
And, of course, there’s that pesky international window, which is already slated for November 10-18, 2025.
—Jeff Rueter, The Athletic, 21 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pesky
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By Marci Robin December 19, 2024 Normally, know-it-alls are kind of annoying.Marci Robin, Allure, 19 Dec. 2024
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But for Netflix’s biggest series, as annoying as this is, there are not exactly mountains of evidence that this matters for its biggest series.Paul Tassi, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
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However, the past two seasons have been frustrating for Alexander, as injuries have plagued him since his career year in 2022.Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 23 Dec. 2024
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And yet the overuse of this crutch was frustrating last night, most of all because Short suffered for it.Esther Zuckerman, The Atlantic, 22 Dec. 2024
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Inspiring or irritating, empowering or exploitative, maternal or manipulative — with many shades of gray in between — female mentorship is a common dynamic in many of 2024’s most affecting stories.Todd Gilchrist, Variety, 18 Dec. 2024
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Windows 11 is still an appalling tablet OS with a crippling lack of touch-friendly apps, and the stylus has an irritating input lag that makes scribbling on screen unsatisfactory.Barry Collins, Forbes, 14 Dec. 2024
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“Pesky.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pesky. Accessed 31 Dec. 2024.
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