troubled
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A key player was national security adviser Jonathan Powell, who shuttled between Washington and Kyiv pouring oil on troubled waters.
From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026
“Thank you for your patience and understanding,” Sanders said, “and giving us the time that we needed to navigate some dysfunction and some troubled waters to write the album we’re proud of.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2026
A disease that has troubled white button mushroom growers for more than 100 years is far more complicated than scientists previously believed.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 11, 2026
Released 60 years ago, the director’s drama about a troubled actress and the nurse assigned to care for her is a work of dazzling, dreamlike style and haunting ambiguity.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
My husband, similarly burdened, and troubled more than I was by flies and insects, had also to stop frequently, so our going was slow.
From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya
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