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Tolo hopes to build a baseline picture of her health: She’s young and in the prime of her reproductive years, but her periods are characterized by severe pain that has long bedeviled her.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 13, 2026

He was stepping up to the plate to run against Susan Collins, the Maine Republican who has long bedeviled Democrats.

From Slate Apr. 13, 2026

No one is predicting the same type that bedeviled the economy during the 1970s, but the signs of a problem are there all the same.

From Barron's Mar. 6, 2026

Employment reforms have bedeviled successive Indian governments since the country first opened its economy to the world in 1991, after nearly half a century of autarky.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 26, 2026

I remembered the incident years ago when Granny was bedeviled by the two identical telephone booths.

From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane