trouble
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Foster said it was the fact Lamplugh had never been found that continued to trouble officers.
From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026
Brooklyn resident Jenna Edwards always assumed she and her husband would have children, but they had trouble conceiving.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026
Sameeha Rahman, 15, her mother Shally Rahman, 41, and seven-year-old Musa Ahmed all found themselves in trouble while in the water at West Mersea, Essex, on Wednesday.
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
Never mind that countless PBS documentaries have had no trouble realistically depicting revolutionary-era America without AI; Netflix is innovating.
From Salon ● Jul. 23, 2026
Rowdy was behind me and was having all kinds of trouble.
From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls
To Ilana Redstone, a sociologist who specializes in political polarization at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, sociology’s troubles gained traction through the 1971 Supreme Court decision, Griggs vs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 25, 2026
"It's definitely helped because he's been through the troubles of sport, so he's very motivating; he's the one I go to if I need any help," Amankwaah said.
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026
SpaceX postponed its latest Starship rocket test, originally planned for Thursday, citing engine troubles.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 17, 2026
But she warned: "Changing prime minister is not a silver bullet. Indeed, it may be that the Labour Party's troubles are only just beginning."
From Barron's ● Jul. 15, 2026
I felt as if all my past troubles were being laid out before me, troubles I well knew, and I was waiting, hoping for them to tell me the solution.
From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff
As the Metropolitan Police investigation is due to be mothballed next year, cold case detectives say they are troubled by the continuing mystery.
From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026
As a result, the state takes few steps to protect students from private school educators with troubled pasts.
From Salon ● Jul. 27, 2026
Lawrence, a troubled man who thought himself the heir to the British throne, was found not guilty by reason of insanity.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
Take-private deals to remove more of the troubled sector from public markets are also a possibility.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2026
His heart was troubled, too, as he watched his companions.
From "The Book of Three" by Lloyd Alexander
Overlaying the rescue of the boy and the identification of the abductor is a nuanced and troubling examination of trauma and how it creates its own kind of prison.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026
But it’s troubling that the branch that Alexander Hamilton said had neither “force nor will, but merely judgment,” needs so much force to stay operational.
From Slate ● Jul. 15, 2026
Residents have been receiving troubling calls from people pretending to be their grandchildren, swindling them out of thousands of dollars.
From Salon ● Jul. 15, 2026
Two lawmakers who endorsed Platner in March rescinded their support with Sen Gallego calling the allegations "troubling and deeply serious" and Heinrich describing it as "appalling".
From BBC ● Jul. 7, 2026
“Come, children. We must hurry on to the Siren’s Cove. Worry not, Danny. We have all the tools there to help us find the answers that must be troubling you.”
From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova
