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has been nagging

  • present perfect progressive of nag (3rd person singular).

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The question has been nagging at me since Saturday night, following the last of four consecutive concerts by the musicians of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra at Carnegie Hall.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 20, 2025

Jessica Naz, who has been nagging at United players all day, gets the game's first booking for persistent fouling.

From BBC Apr. 20, 2024

“It hurt every time I ran on it,” he said, adding that the injury has been nagging him for a while.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 5, 2022

This is the key to a question that has been nagging at me.

From The Guardian Mar. 22, 2019

The reason this has been nagging at me is that I feel like we don’t have a chance to move beyond the mundane into much more interesting topics.

From Slate Jun. 16, 2015