root of the trouble
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Perhaps the root of the trouble lay in his peculiar emotional relationship to his mother.
From Time Magazine Archive
The unrest upset the battered Egyptian economy�the root of the trouble �even more.
From Time Magazine Archive
The Epstein-Barr virus is active in some, but not all, sufferers, and experts doubt it is the root of the trouble.
From Time Magazine Archive
The root of the trouble is the acute, continent-wide shortage of railroad freight cars.
From Time Magazine Archive
Seeing the man, the bear at once became convinced that he was at the root of the trouble from which her cub had so narrowly escaped.
From Followers of the Trail by Stecher, William F. (William Frederick)
