trouble
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Mr. Rushdie says he never imagined the book would cause so much trouble.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
Yet in 2026, they aren’t all avoiding bonds entirely while waiting for the trouble to blow over.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 17, 2026
Walters, a citizen of the Comanche Nation, had never spoken to this correctional officer, and he thought a private conversation with him or any other guard was a recipe for trouble.
From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026
Helicopter pilots are trained to stay away from those conditions, Cress said, because the lack of altitude and forward momentum give pilots little recourse if there is engine trouble.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026
The trouble was I had to share the hugging with Mutti and Karli.
From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo
"I face no troubles here," said Mohammad Iqbal, a 53-year-old painter from Uttar Pradesh state who has worked in Kashmir since before the insurgency began and is now accompanied by his son.
From Barron's ● Sep. 14, 2026
“Director Matson now blames me for his ostrich troubles and his conflict of interest troubles,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026
Actually, his troubles had lasted a lot longer than that.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
The diplomat's lawsuit was dismissed five years later, but the businessman's legal troubles did not disappear.
From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026
“They asked me a whole lot of weird questions,” one friend recalled, “‘What kinds of emotional troubles is he having?
From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin
The best director prize went to Russian-born Ilya Khrzhanovsky for his vast, riotous and experimental cinema project "DAU" that chronicles the life of the troubled father of the Soviet nuclear programme, Lev Landau.
From Barron's ● Sep. 12, 2026
After years of advocacy and on-the-ground work to save the fish, the seven tribes around the lake signed an agreement with state agencies and local governments Friday to formally co-manage the troubled body of water.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
Odegaard was troubled by knee and shoulder injuries last season, restricting him to only 36 games in all competitions, scoring just one goal with seven assists.
From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026
Masaya's foot problems began before the operation and had repeatedly troubled her since she arrived at Chester Zoo in 2023.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 8, 2026
He never again was troubled by any blight or disease among them.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
That’s a troubling sign for the rule of law.
From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026
The paper describes it as a troubling escalation of a so-called "grey war".
From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026
The latest cracks in the artificial-intelligence trade are emerging at a particularly troubling time for investors.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 14, 2026
"The German government's lack of will to publicly address the UAE's devastating role in Sudan is deeply troubling," said HRW Germany director Philipp Frisch.
From Barron's ● Sep. 10, 2026
This troubling discrepancy was–and continues to be–mostly ignored.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson