trouble
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But I think the whole industry is also asking for trouble with grown-ups, who are also seeing a lot of damage to themselves, by replacing real relationships with chatbot avatars.
From Slate ● Sep. 29, 2026
Stocks have held up remarkably well given the trouble in the bond market this month, said Bret Kenwell, U.S. investment analyst at eToro.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026
Here is the part that feels a little counterintuitive: after going to the trouble of deglazing the pot, I often cook everything back down again.
From Salon ● Sep. 28, 2026
The trouble is that it is very difficult to work out whether a fixed deal is a good deal at the moment.
From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026
“They don’t seem to have any sense at all. I believe I could catch every one of them. It’s that hundred dollar monkey that I’m having trouble with.”
From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls
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But he said the planned price increases — which are arriving after the price cuts failed to improve sales — suggested deeper troubles.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 28, 2026
The Florida native was also facing legal troubles, according to news reports.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026
If there's a silver lining to be found in the ginkgo's troubles, it's that the campaign to keep it alive has brought the people of Buam-dong closer together.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
It chose that name to distance itself from earlier troubles when it was ICN Pharmaceuticals.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
And then starts talking about his own troubles.
From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri
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That idea clashes with the classical expectation that each particle should possess its own separate physical reality, a feature of quantum mechanics that famously troubled Albert Einstein.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 29, 2026
United Nations chief Antonio Guterres raised the alarm on Friday, his spokesman saying Guterres was "particularly troubled by reports of the use of drones as well as incidents of harm to civilians".
From Barron's ● Sep. 27, 2026
A last-gasp Ollie Watkins strike was needed to beat the Netherlands in the semis while Kane was not at full fitness and without him at his best, the team never troubled a formidable Spain side.
From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026
But recently, troubled assets have started to hit the market.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026
I looked up into Marlene’s face, and saw the fires of the city burning in her troubled eye.
From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo
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That is "deeply troubling", Beyer said, particularly because the administration is required to give 48 hours notice before work can begin.
From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026
More troubling, in 2017 he started a GoFundMe to raise money for the first medbed prototype.
From Slate ● Sep. 22, 2026
In comments to The Times last week, Pearl said Partow’s participation was less troubling than CAIR’s presence, which he called “despicable” and “hurtful.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026
The latest cracks in the AI trade are emerging at a particularly troubling time for investors.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026
L’Hôpital’s rule took the first crack at the troubling 0/0 expressions that were popping up throughout calculus.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
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