Example Sentences
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It bothered Lacy, a serious artist who wrote with Kendrick Lamar and earned a Grammy nomination as a teenager in the R&B collective The Internet, suddenly thrust into living meme territory with “Bad Habit.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2026
“Nobody bothered to step up against him apart from a bin, which is a bit rubbish, isn’t it!”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 12, 2026
Through more than four years of the Russian invasion, 27-year-old Oleksiy Virskovsky largely hasn't bothered going to the underground shelter in the building next door -- despite almost nightly missile and drone attacks.
From Barron's ● Jul. 9, 2026
Remember, the most crucial element of a “soft” off day is that your manager doesn’t know you’re taking one — or at least isn’t bothered by it.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 30, 2026
No one ever bothered to lie to him.
From "Boy 2.0" by Tracey Baptiste
