trouble
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The trouble is that investors have plenty of reasons to bet against Tokyo, which is the main house here.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
Yet in 2026, they aren’t all avoiding bonds entirely while waiting for the trouble to blow over.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 17, 2026
Yet Saylor had little trouble finding that in this case, DHS did not clear it.
From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026
The bigger trouble is that the plan exists at all.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
The bear was clearly having trouble following, but there was no slowing Clare now.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
Durham, the council chair, concedes Flock’s usefulness, but the scope of such searches troubles him.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
"I face no troubles here," said Mohammad Iqbal, a 53-year-old painter from Uttar Pradesh state who has worked in Kashmir since before the insurgency began and is now accompanied by his son.
From Barron's ● Sep. 14, 2026
“Director Matson now blames me for his ostrich troubles and his conflict of interest troubles,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026
The catalyst for the former world number one's troubles appeared to be a lengthy rally which sapped him of energy and left him struggling to recover.
From BBC ● Aug. 31, 2026
Something that troubles her and sets her on edge.
From "A Heart in a Body in the World" by Deb Caletti
But he recalls fires set a few years earlier by “kids from the Sacred Valley,” a remedial school for the troubled offspring of wealthy parents.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026
The long-divided city boasts countless museums, galleries and sites reflecting its troubled history, as well as two zoos, three opera houses and multiple techno clubs known around the world.
From Barron's ● Sep. 15, 2026
After years of advocacy and on-the-ground work to save the fish, the seven tribes around the lake signed an agreement with state agencies and local governments Friday to formally co-manage the troubled body of water.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
Odegaard was troubled by knee and shoulder injuries last season, restricting him to only 36 games in all competitions, scoring just one goal with seven assists.
From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026
“Isn’t that right? I thought it was better to do it so, because Meg’s initials are M.M., and I don’t want anyone to use these but Marmee,” said Beth, looking troubled.
From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott
In comments to The Times last week, Pearl said Partow’s participation was less troubling than CAIR’s presence, which he called “despicable” and “hurtful.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026
That’s a troubling sign for the rule of law.
From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026
"The German government's lack of will to publicly address the UAE's devastating role in Sudan is deeply troubling," said HRW Germany director Philipp Frisch.
From Barron's ● Sep. 10, 2026
Influential AI and tech podcaster Dwarkesh Patel reacted to the revelation on his blog saying it was "pretty troubling" that the OpenAI agents showed more loyalty to the agentic swarm than humans.
From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026
“I am, my dear brother, so heartbroken by your journey, I would have wished that you'd been spared that, for all in all no harm has come to me, and it wasn't worth troubling you.”
From "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" by Deborah Heiligman
