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troublous

[truhb-luhs] / ˈtrʌb ləs /


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Oaxaca, dotted with old Spanish churches and circled by yet older Zapotecan pyramids, was a troublous city.

From Time Magazine Archive

He is the one and only person that this country needs in these troublous times to cement the two great races in Canada into one loyal mass.

From Time Magazine Archive

A documentary on the troublous political awakening of northeastern Brazil.

From Time Magazine Archive

It was so troublous that eventually Chambermen handed the whole question over to the Board for further study, forwent passing any specific resolutions on non-domestic issues.

From Time Magazine Archive

In the troublous Middle Ages an heiress was as likely to be snapped up by some unsuitable suitor, more literally but with quite as much haste, as in a more cultured epoch.

From The Thirteenth Greatest of Centuries by Walsh, James J. (James Joseph)




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