troublemaker
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"I was a bit of a troublemaker," she says.
From BBC ● May 15, 2026
Throughout his school years and into college, Turner had a reputation as a troublemaker.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 6, 2026
Sharp’s strategy reminds me of a prediction Charley Richardson, a very good troublemaker who co-founded Military Families Speak Out, made to me long ago.
From Salon ● Sep. 30, 2025
“You had the most amazing cast in the world, so you took one person out who is a troublemaker to begin with. I’m just gonna say it.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 9, 2025
Go figure, but she looked at me like I was some kind of troublemaker.
From "The Last Olympian" by Rick Riordan
The latter is sung by “SNL” alum Ana Gasteyer, a standout as the unofficial moral enforcer of the town, who sees the strange interlopers as, well, troublemakers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 21, 2026
Local media coverage of the demonstrations has varied, with some outlets focusing on economic difficulties, and others on incidents caused by "troublemakers".
From Barron's ● Jan. 1, 2026
Araceli’s mother said that workers are afraid to complain about heat or other working conditions because they don’t want to be singled out as troublemakers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 20, 2025
"The big unanswered question now is which strains are the healers, and which are the troublemakers."
From Science Daily ● Nov. 12, 2025
He also had a team of security guards in a big circle around Cleo to prevent troublemakers like me from disrupting things.
From "The (Mostly) True Story of Cleopatra's Needle" by Dan Gutman
