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troublesome

[truhb-uhl-suhm] / ˈtrʌb əl səm /


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With no earnings to pore over, investors will be focused on the economic data—and what they have seen recently looks troublesome.

From Barron's • May 29, 2026

The 37-year-old from Northern Ireland, who had no issues with the troublesome toe which affected his preparations, ended seven shots behind the leaders after finishing with four successive bogeys to post a four-over 74.

From BBC • May 15, 2026

At 37, an emergency room visit for severe belly pain showed the culprit: a neuroendocrine tumor in the appendix, the size of an Oreo, but much more troublesome.

From Slate • May 6, 2026

The proliferation of shell companies in Hong Kong is so troublesome that U.S. authorities began in October to target the addresses of businesses that handle the paperwork of establishing a company.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 11, 2026

Indeed, the Pythagoreans had tried to squelch another troublesome mathematical concept—the irrational.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife




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