| Bug | New York Times | 25 Oct 2025 | 
          
            | Reach | Thomas Joseph | 16 Sep 2025 | 
          
            | George Strait's "I Gotta ___ You" |  |  | 
          
            | Arrive at | LA Times Mini | 10 Jun 2025 | 
          
            | Reach for bug (3,2) |  |  | 
          
            | Strongly affect | Wall Street Journal | 03 May 2025 | 
          
            | Reach poor city area lacking hotel | The Times Quick Cryptic | 26 Apr 2025 | 
          
            | Influence | Thomas Joseph | 11 Nov 2024 | 
          
            | Reach; annoy | The Telegraph Plusword | 04 Aug 2024 | 
          
            | Nettle (2 wds) |  |  | 
          
            | Vex (2 wds.) |  |  | 
          
            | Irk | Newsday | 25 May 2024 | 
          
            | Reach; rankle (3,2) |  |  | 
          
            | One's allowed to reach the destination (3,2) |  |  | 
          
            | Arrive at | Newsday | 18 Feb 2024 | 
          
            | Really annoy | Universal | 28 Dec 2023 | 
          
            | Influence | Thomas Joseph | 08 Dec 2023 | 
          
            | Start annoying | New York Times | 27 Nov 2023 | 
          
            | Old Jewish quarter not hard to reach | The Guardian Cryptic | 09 Oct 2023 | 
          
            | Reach | Thomas Joseph | 04 Aug 2023 | 
          
            | Reach | LA Times Daily | 17 Jul 2023 | 
          
            | Find time for | New York Times | 10 Jun 2023 | 
          
            | Influence | Thomas Joseph | 02 May 2023 | 
          
            | Arrive at | Premier Sunday | 22 Jan 2023 | 
          
            | Arrive at | Newsday | 03 Jan 2023 | 
          
            | Arrive at | Wall Street Journal | 10 Oct 2022 | 
          
            | Arrive at | New York Times | 27 Sep 2022 | 
          
            | Arrive at | Newsday | 11 Sep 2022 | 
          
            | Really bug | LA Times Daily | 11 Sep 2022 | 
          
            | Eat at | LA Times Daily | 12 Aug 2022 | 
          
            | Bug | LA Times Daily | 24 Jun 2022 | 
          
            | Reach | Thomas Joseph | 07 Feb 2022 | 
          
            | "___ the point, please!": 2 wds. |  |  | 
          
            | Really bother | Universal | 03 Nov 2021 | 
          
            | Reach | Wall Street Journal | 29 Sep 2021 | 
          
            | Exasperate | The Washington Post Sunday | 12 Sep 2021 | 
          
            | Upset | Wall Street Journal | 04 Sep 2021 | 
          
            | "___ the point, already!": 2 wds. |  |  | 
          
            | Arrive at | Premier Sunday | 25 Jul 2021 | 
          
            | Affect strongly | Wall Street Journal | 19 Jun 2021 | 
          
            | Reach | Newsday | 16 May 2021 | 
          
            | Affect | LA Times Daily | 11 Apr 2021 | 
          
            | Affect | The Washington Post | 11 Apr 2021 | 
          
            | Reach | Thomas Joseph | 02 Dec 2020 | 
          
            | Reach | New York Times | 25 Oct 2020 | 
          
            | Arrive at | USA Today | 29 Sep 2020 | 
          
            | Bother | USA Today | 04 Jun 2020 | 
          
            | Arrive at | Newsday | 22 Dec 2019 | 
          
            | "___ the heart of the matter." (arrive at): 2 wds. |  |  | 
          
            | Bother | Wall Street Journal | 20 Jul 2019 | 
          
            | Bother | The Washington Post Sunday | 02 Jun 2019 | 
          
            | Try the patience of | USA Today | 08 Apr 2019 | 
          
            | Arrive at | The Washington Post | 29 Jan 2019 | 
          
            | Arrive at | LA Times Daily | 29 Jan 2019 | 
          
            | Influence | Thomas Joseph | 10 Jan 2019 | 
          
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            | Annoy | The Washington Post | 07 Nov 2018 | 
          
            | Annoy | LA Times Daily | 07 Nov 2018 | 
          
            | Emotionally bother | The Washington Post | 02 Nov 2018 | 
          
            | Emotionally bother | LA Times Daily | 02 Nov 2018 | 
          
            | Affect emotionally | Universal | 01 Oct 2018 | 
          
            | Reach emotionally | Universal | 28 Sep 2018 | 
          
            | Reach | Premier Sunday | 19 Aug 2018 | 
          
            | Reach, as a destination | USA Today | 12 Aug 2018 | 
          
            | Bug | The Washington Post | 30 Jun 2018 | 
          
            | Bug | LA Times Daily | 30 Jun 2018 | 
          
            | Reach, as a destination | Newsday | 19 Feb 2018 | 
          
            | Annoy | Wall Street Journal | 09 Jan 2018 | 
          
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            | Affect | Universal | 05 Dec 2017 | 
          
            | Affect | Thomas Joseph | 07 Sep 2017 | 
          
            | Affect emotionally | USA Today | 28 Jul 2017 | 
          
            | Succeed in annoying | New York Times | 17 May 2017 | 
          
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            | Reach | Eugene Sheffer | 02 Sep 2016 | 
          
            | Bother | Premier Sunday | 19 Jun 2016 | 
          
            | Evoke emotion from | Universal | 29 Jan 2016 | 
          
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            | Annoy | Eugene Sheffer | 18 Dec 2015 | 
          
            | Evoke emotion from | USA Today | 06 Oct 2015 | 
          
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            | Influence, as by bribery: Colloq. |  |  | 
          
            | ___ the point. |  |  | 
          
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            | Succeed in reaching. |  |  | 
          
            | Communicate effectively: Colloq. |  |  | 
          
            | Succeed in reaching: Colloq. |  |  | 
          
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            | Bribe: Slang. |  |  | 
          
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