troublemaking
Example Sentences
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Then there is 12-year-old Harper, the prodigy, who has no outlet for her intelligence except troublemaking.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 7, 2026
Ms. Cruz-Rivas, 42, moved to Charleston during the coronavirus pandemic, drawn by significantly higher wages and a desire to distance her teenage sons, Jevon and Amon, from troublemaking friends.
From New York Times ● Dec. 11, 2023
The report causes you to think back to June 22, when Goodell focused on the Washington organization’s transformation as if to say that all of Snyder’s troublemaking was in the past.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 9, 2022
In the popular tween sitcom, they played the titular troublemaking twins with a penchant for wreaking havoc on their hotel home.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 6, 2022
They gave Colin a makeover when he arrived for the first taping, turning him into the cool, snide, troublemaking prodigy.
From "An Abundance of Katherines" by John Green
