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  • present participle of vex.
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vexing

[vek-sing] / ˈvɛk sɪŋ /
























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And this week, he spoke about another issue vexing him: men’s sperm count.

From Salon • May 15, 2026

That’s what’s made this series so vexing for the shorthanded Lakers.

From Los Angeles Times • May 9, 2026

The legacy of those words, and of the moon missions, is as contradictory and vexing as the times in which we live.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 11, 2026

When she spotted a photo of herself in China during an opening news conference, she couldn’t help but nod at her own vexing history.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 9, 2026

Particularly vexing to Meggers was that some of the same people who demanded minutely detailed proof for pre-Clovis sites had cheerfully accepted Roosevelt’s revisionism about Marajo.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann




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