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troublous

[truhb-luhs] / ˈtrʌb ləs /


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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

By promoting earnest, dull and difficult Bob Patterson, President Truman made sure of continuity in War Department policy during the troublous demobilization months, the Pearl Harbor inquiry, the coming battle over the armed forces merger.

From Time Magazine Archive

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

From Time Magazine Archive

Today the Marines still have a fanatic pride in their Corps, accumulated through the years by service in foreign parts, in troublous times.

From Time Magazine Archive

To all appearance, troublous times had come upon Babylonia.

From The Old Testament In the Light of The Historical Records and Legends of Assyria and Babylonia by Pinches, Theophilus Goldridge




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