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An Awkward Niggle Surrounds Gathering

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99%8Exact Match!
verb

• gather, as of natural products

33%4Niggle
noun

• an excited state of agitation

• an angry disturbance

• a quarrel about petty points

• a rapid active commotion

verb

• worry unnecessarily or excessively

• care for like a mother

33%4Niggle; nibble
verb

• bite or chew on with the teeth

• become ground down or deteriorate

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