trouble
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Hamby averages 3.2 fouls per game and has expressed frustration about the new officiating norms this season, but has avoided true foul trouble.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 12, 2026
Liu coached the former colleague, whom he was recruiting to join OpenAI, on ways to “avoid trouble with the security team” when copying confidential files, the suit says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
Their purpose is to help young people feel safe - and some teenagers I spoke to say youth clubs have done this while keeping them out of trouble.
From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026
Traditional MRI antennas, also known as RF coils, often have trouble collecting enough signal from tissues located deep inside the body or in anatomically complex regions.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 10, 2026
Rowdy seemed to understand that I was planning some kind of trouble for Gandy and was very pleased about it.
From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls
Sasaki’s troubles this season have been hard to pin down since his last win on May 23, as Sasaki tries to claw back the triple-digit velocity that’s escaped him as of late.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 9, 2026
Dancing’s insouciance is reexamined so frequently throughout the album’s first half that one might read its message as hollow, like a desperate attempt to ignore all of the troubles outside the club.
From Salon ● Jul. 8, 2026
Tino Livramento's regular injury troubles meant he left England's squad before the tournament started.
From BBC ● Jun. 28, 2026
Murrin didn’t find out about her tax troubles until years later.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 25, 2026
Adding to their troubles is the “spatial mismatch” between their residence and employment opportunities.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
In the course of their meetings with Cook, President Trump and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick also brought up another American company: the troubled chip maker Intel.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 11, 2026
The progressive veteran and oysterman’s campaign has been troubled nearly from the start.
From Salon ● Jul. 7, 2026
Judge Tolson had characterised the mother as "deeply troubled" and "with mental health difficulties", rather than a victim of domestic abuse.
From BBC ● Jul. 6, 2026
A quick note before we dive in: Slate has been following the troubled Senate candidacy of Graham Platner for months.
From Slate ● Jul. 6, 2026
It felt like a low hum in Clare’s bones—a feeling that both troubled and delighted him.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
“These allegations are troubling, serious, and false,” Platner said in a statement.
From Slate ● Jul. 7, 2026
Two lawmakers who endorsed Platner in March rescinded their support with Sen Gallego calling the allegations "troubling and deeply serious" and Heinrich describing it as "appalling".
From BBC ● Jul. 7, 2026
A Charter-SpaceX phone could be particularly troubling for T-Mobile.
From Barron's ● Jun. 29, 2026
Equally troubling, they say, is that data on every vehicle is collected.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026
Wherever he went, troubling things seemed to occur.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
