bug
noun
a hemipterous insect.
has bugged
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present perfectof bug (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Browntail moths are the source of an ongoing outbreak in Maine that has bugged the state since 2015.
From Fox News ● Feb. 7, 2022
But all week, one thing about this story has bugged me: doesn’t Davis have a lawyer?
From MSNBC ● Sep. 5, 2015
This week, disclosures suggest the American intelligence services may be up to broadly similar tricks – with reports that the United States has bugged the communications of European diplomats stationed in Washington.
From New York Times ● Jul. 4, 2013
The only thing that has bugged me about this season so far has been the constant reshuffling at the bottom of the roster and on the practice squad.
From Chicago Tribune ● Nov. 7, 2012
Last week the German magazine Der Spiegel reported that the Mossad has bugged US Secretary of State John Kerry’s phone conversations with Palestinian leaders.
From Newsweek
