as in to bother
to cause discomfort to or trouble for
didn't want to disoblige her relatives by spending the night at their place
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This means that some people might not bother using them.—
Ben Coxworth
July 26,
New Atlas,
26 July 2025 -
But one aspect of his robberies bothers him to this day.—
Faith Karimi,
CNN Money,
26 July 2025
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Joseph Weizenbaum, a professor at MIT who devised the first chatbot in the 1960s, was astounded and deeply troubled by how readily people poured out their hearts to his program.—
Krista Stevens,
Longreads,
8 July 2025
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Jackie develops feelings for two of the Walter brothers: reliable Alex (Gentry) and troubled Cole (LaLonde).—
Claire Franken,
TVLine,
5 July 2025
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The post didn’t mention the death of Tomlinson’s One Direction bandmate Liam Payne in October 2024, but that’s quite likely weighing heavily on him as well.—
Andy Greene,
Rolling Stone,
15 July 2025
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Christians of goodwill can weigh these matters and come to divergent conclusions.—
Esau McCaulley,
The Atlantic,
15 July 2025
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At least 16 people were arrested for allegedly crowding, obstructing and incommoding another person and one was arrested for alleged defacement during a planned act of civil disobedience.—
Tal Axelrod,
ABC News,
8 Mar. 2023
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All were charged with crowding and obstructing or incommoding, Malecki said.—
Sophie Lewis,
CBS News,
10 Jan. 2020
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Its strict people had inconvenienced my father, perhaps humiliated him.—
Jhumpa Lahiri,
New Yorker,
30 June 2025
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Be thankful and accept that some risk aversion will likely inconvenience you at times.—
Marshall Shepherd,
Forbes.com,
28 June 2025
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In 2005, an anonymous tipster sent the family disturbing images of a woman from an adult website based in the Caribbean.—
Stephanie Nolasco,
FOXNews.com,
19 July 2025
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Signs on the fence that surrounds the property warn of large fines for disturbing the site, which is the subject of investigation by the Office of the State Fire Marshal and Cal-OSHA.—
Nathaniel Levine,
Sacbee.com,
19 July 2025
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Kraft put out a statement on Monday but notably did not refute the results of the poll.—
Joe Battenfeld,
Boston Herald,
22 July 2025
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When their animal control contract came up for renewal early last year, the city put out a bid for someone else to take over animal control after getting over 200 complaints during the previous fiscal year, according to Forest Decker, director of the city’s Neighborhood Services Department.—
Noelle Alviz-Gransee,
Kansas City Star,
22 July 2025
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“Disoblige.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disoblige. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.
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