gadflies

• plural

  plural

  The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.

  of gadfly.
  gadfly

  noun

  any of various flies, as a stable fly or warble fly, that bite or annoy domestic animals.

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gadflies

And why is the work of maintaining them left to civic gadflies, even after two consecutive New York mayors have pledged to tackle the problem?

From Slate ● Apr. 25, 2023

There are always third party gadflies in presidential races and they can have an effect.

From Salon ● Apr. 17, 2023

Working the polls has long been something that retirees did, along with nice church ladies, neighborhood busybodies, local political gadflies and civics geeks.

From Washington Post ● Nov. 8, 2022

In a politically engaged place like West Hollywood — a 1.9-square-mile city of 35,000, with no shortage of drama or gadflies — people tend to notice.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 5, 2022

On May 1 the President, tortured by the political gadflies in Washington, and suffering painfully from the weariness of hope so long deferred, telegraphed: "Is anything to be done?"

From Abraham Lincoln, Volume II by John T. (John Torrey) Morse

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• motivator