troubling
Example Sentences
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Permanent job losers are no longer rising in the same troubling way.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 6, 2026
This is a bit of a disingenuous response; many stories of Platner’s troubling behavior come from less than “a decade ago.”
From Slate • Jun. 5, 2026
The Securities and Exchange Commission has finally eliminated one of its most unfair practices and most troubling examples of administrative overreach: the “gag rule.”
From Barron's • Jun. 3, 2026
But there’s a second problem with this case that is at least as troubling as the first and it has nothing to do with how you define a mine.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026
Ellidyr, without troubling to dismount, called to the white-bearded enchanter.
From "The Black Cauldron" by Lloyd Alexander
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