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Not: You don’t mention the content of the contact this person is pestering you with.

From Washington Post • Mar. 15, 2023

If Alice’s sleep is disturbed because Max is pestering her, she is welcome to get up and move to the other bedroom.

From Slate • Feb. 24, 2020

My mom is pestering me already about letting their future grandchildren stay with them so that we can still have time as a couple and go on vacations, etc.

From Slate • Mar. 23, 2018

Now Jim, who is broke and ailing, is pestering Gerry to persuade Rosie to allow him to join the family for Christmas dinner.

From New York Times • Dec. 7, 2012

While every one is pestering us with new principles of all sorts, how is it overlooked that stability is also a principle of government?

From History of the French Revolution from 1789 to 1814 by Mignet, M. (François-Auguste-Marie-Alexis)