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Radio interference has bedevilled other astronomical searches before, such as when flickering signals picked up at Parkes turned out to be the result of people microwaving their lunches.

From Scientific American • Oct. 26, 2021

The administration of President Joe Biden says its review of North Korea policy will be finished in coming months, before announcing its plans for handling a rolling crisis that has bedevilled generations of U.S. presidents.

From Reuters • Mar. 4, 2021

The discrepancy has bedevilled researchers for nearly 15 years.

From Nature • Apr. 14, 2019

They have the necessary band gap, but building a chip with them entails maneuvering billions of minute objects into precise locations—a difficulty that has bedevilled scientists for almost two decades.

From The New Yorker • Dec. 15, 2014

Ellis said, after a silence: "That gambling outfit from the West has bedevilled one or two good citizens in Gotham town."

From The Danger Mark by Wenzell, A. B.