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vexes

  • present tense form
    of vex (3rd person singular).
    vex
    verb (used with object)
    to irritate; annoy; provoke.

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That question vexes former Royal Netherlands Air Force Apache attack helicopter pilot Roy Lindelauf, who is now a professor of data science in the department of intelligent systems of Tilburg University.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 19, 2026

It is this uncertainty that vexes political pundits and campaign strategists alike.

From BBC Nov. 5, 2024

It vexes opponents and forces them into bad looks.

From Seattle Times Feb. 17, 2024

Regarding the Dec. 4 Metro article “Metro’s focus on evasion vexes kids”:

From Washington Post Dec. 8, 2022

This does seem a very plausible explanation the more I think about it; for it is true, nothing vexes me more these days than to hear this sort of nonsense being repeated.

From "The Remains of the Day" by Kazuo Ishiguro