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has bothered

  • present perfect of bother (3rd person singular).

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Exactly why his ankle has bothered him this long is unclear — “We’re looking more into why maybe it’s not going away,” he said — but Roberts confirmed that surgery never was an option.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 2, 2025

He went on to say that "not a single Western journalist has bothered to interview" Vladimir Putin.

From BBC Feb. 6, 2024

But then the Seahawks lost right tackle Abraham Lucas to sore knee that has bothered him for a while, and left tackle Charles Cross to a sprained toe.

From Seattle Times Sep. 10, 2023

NOTES: G Alijah Vera-Tucker is day to day with an ankle injury that has bothered him for several days, Saleh said.

From Washington Times Aug. 15, 2023

This is the question that has bothered him all night.

From "Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever" by Bill O'Reilly