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- noun Plural form of
bug-bear .
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Examples
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One of my bug-bears is, as most will know, the Independent, which regularly blurs the line between reporting news and reporting opinion masquerading as news.
Archive 2007-04-01 2007
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Examinations had ceased to be bug-bears and kill joys to the young idea of
Grace Harlowe's Sophomore Year at High School The Record of the Girl Chums in Work and Athletics Jessie Graham [pseud.] Flower
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We know that large appropriations made by the Legislature, for whatever purpose, are often used by political demagogues as bug-bears by which they hope to frighten the people so as to secure their own election.
The Beginnings of Public Education in North Carolina; A Documentary History, 1790-1840. Vol. I Charles Lee 1908
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War and actresses are, in fact, the two bug-bears of her existence, and whenever she has a disquieting dream she asks the priest to offer up a moleben for the safety of her absent ones.
Russia Donald Mackenzie Wallace 1880
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He did not speak contemptuously of the anticipated perils, as many boys would have done, because he knew that his mother would not make bug-bears out of things which she knew had no real existence.
Now or Never The Adventures of Bobby Bright Oliver Optic 1859
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It was a profession of their faith in the truth of them, that these and the like curses were not bug-bears to frighten children and fools, but the real declarations of the wrath of God against the ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, not one iota of which shall fall to the ground.
Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume I (Genesis to Deuteronomy) 1721
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As families get ready for the Easter escape, lengthy airport delays, long waits at the baggage carousel and rude passengers top the list of parents 'biggest bug-bears when travelling abroad with kids, new research reveals today.
Femalefirst.co.uk - Celebrity Gossip + Lifestyle Magazine 2010
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That thought removed optimism over global recovery from center stage and invited all of the other little bug-bears to come back out on parade.
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I'd like to get one of my biggest bug-bears out of the way now about Forza 3.
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As families get ready for the Easter escape, lengthy airport delays, long waits at the baggage carousel and rude passengers top the list of parents "biggest bug-bears when travelling abroad with kids, new research reveals today.
Femalefirst.co.uk - Celebrity Gossip + Lifestyle Magazine 2010
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