troubling
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But what we saw in the briefing room this week was far more troubling than one woman falling on her face.
From Salon ● Oct. 16, 2026
“Equally troubling, the Department does not discipline deputies for statements made during the investigation to justify their actions when those statements are obviously inconsistent with clear video evidence.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026
Nearly five decades of satellite observations reveal a troubling transformation in the Arctic, where sea ice is shrinking in both summer and winter, and much of the remaining ice is becoming younger and thinner.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 15, 2026
A troubling rise in prices might trigger an increase at the Fed’s meeting on Oct. 27-28.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 12, 2026
“I have been beset of late by troubling dreams. I worry about you when you are gone.”
From "The Girl Who Drank the Moon" by Kelly Barnhill
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