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trouble

[truhb-uhl] / ˈtrʌb əl /








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It is that flippancy that has minted Piker an ardent following, and also gotten him into trouble.

From Slate ● Nov. 4, 2026

Alonso and Ocon also fell out and the Spanish icon did not trouble to hide his distaste for his team-mate's behaviour at times.

From BBC ● Nov. 4, 2026

High early turnout among Black voters in the state also spelled trouble for Graham.

From Salon ● Nov. 4, 2026

For anyone who has trouble saying no and has the “disease to please,” telling an aggressive salesperson, “I’ll think about it,” can work wonders, as can, “I don’t like making decisions under pressure.”

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 3, 2026

My head pounded with the thought of the trouble that would’ve caused.

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu

It wasn’t the first time Wallace has faced legal troubles, according to El Dorado County court records.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 31, 2026

It has faced further US legal troubles, including being accused of selling assets that qualify as unregistered securities.

From Barron's ● Oct. 30, 2026

It’s not just the market concentration that troubles him, though.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 27, 2026

Its troubles are like those of most other countries, only worse.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 25, 2026

Her birth had been welcomed and, in spite of recent troubles, everyone would rally around to make her future as pleasant as possible.

From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer

Despite that, this season had a troubled start for the Hammers - they failed to win any of their first three league matches and were 19th in the table.

From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2026

On “Nashville,” she played a troubled country music star, doing her own singing.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026

A brutal season has arrived in China’s car market, among the most troubled in the world.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026

Betancourt’s legal problems stemmed from his role in troubled Venezuelan energy projects during the corrupt rule of former President Hugo Chávez.

From Salon ● Oct. 23, 2026

There had been something about his story that had troubled her; what was it?

From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood

This "deeply troubling" behaviour has been repeated following other high profile incidents, they said.

From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2026

Keeping daylight saving time in effect all year could bring brighter evenings, but new research suggests the change would come with a troubling consequence for American children.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 4, 2026

“Their decisions to delay or reduce investments in critical projects are particularly troubling given the billions of dollars in profits reported by their parent companies in recent years,” Perez wrote.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2026

But MarketWatch columnist Mark Hulbert sees something more troubling: that the Nasdaq’s recent performance is starting to bear an uncanny resemblance to the dot-com era.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 2, 2026

Wherever he went, troubling things seemed to occur.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson


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