troubling
Example Sentences
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However, it also raises troubling questions for the booming high-altitude tourism industry, and shines a spotlight on the deadly risks Sherpas who work on Mount Everest face.
From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026
Permanent job losers are no longer rising in the same troubling way.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 6, 2026
More troubling, the survival benefit faded among older patients.
From The Wall Street Journal • 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
It was generally agreed among the old guard that these were troubling times, but aside from raising objections that were repeatedly dismissed, no one took action.
From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman
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