troublemaking
Example Sentences
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A false, artificial note, it seemed to me, though, to be sure, this sort of narrative troublemaking is endemic to television romance; we will see how that cadence resolves in the surely coming second season.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 1, 2026
The airport has been a target for Russian troublemaking.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 27, 2025
Ms. Cruz-Rivas, 42, moved to Charleston during the coronavirus pandemic, drawn by significantly higher wages and a desire to distance her teenage sons, Jevon and Amon, from troublemaking friends.
From New York Times ● Dec. 11, 2023
Dobler also embraced his troublemaking persona in a 1987 Miller Lite commercial by riling up by getting them to argue the beer’s “Tastes great/Less filling” tag line.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 13, 2023
More, I think, than he loves his troublemaking son.
From "Linked" by Gordon Korman
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