trouble
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Emergency services were called shortly before 15:00 BST on Tuesday to reports of four people in trouble in the water near Shoreham.
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026
It seems like you are having trouble setting boundaries.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 19, 2026
From whispers of an Anthropic stake sale to strange options moves, traders sensed trouble and swung into action.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026
That is the part of this story that should trouble people well beyond press freedom circles.
From Salon ● Aug. 18, 2026
I had no trouble finding something I could try to catch in the net.
From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls
Paramount, in a statement, said the report highlighted the industry’s troubles and made a case for the merger.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026
It is easy to regard a former child star’s troubles as an inevitability of the profession.
From Salon ● Aug. 19, 2026
What troubles Howell is that central banks have been relying on issuance of bonds at the short end of the curve, buybacks and money market liquidity to maintain long-term yields.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 14, 2026
These troubles come as India's wider aviation sector faces pressure from rising costs, disrupted international routes due to the Iran war, aircraft delivery delays and tighter regulatory scrutiny.
From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026
They sat there for a moment considering all of these, and then Kat broke the silence when she said, “I’ll tell you what troubles me most,” she said.
From "City Spies" by James Ponti
Microsoft boss troubled by rise in reports of 'AI psychosis'
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
Panettiere, who earned acclaim for her roles as a cheerleader with supernatural powers on the TV show “Heroes” and as a troubled country music diva on the show “Nashville,” was 36.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2026
Hayden Panettiere, the former child actor who became a household name as an indestructible cheerleader on “Heroes” before starring as a troubled country singer on “Nashville,” has died.
From Salon ● Aug. 17, 2026
Other writers might have given us the idyll, but in Mr. Hoffman’s eyes the idyll is a troubled one, showing us that “home can be both a place and a way of getting there.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
There was a troubled look in Mr. Sasaki’s eyes, but he only said, “The doctors want to make some tests—that’s all.”
From "Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes" by Eleanor Coerr
Analysts warned the prospect of a prolonged spike in crude was troubling traders.
From Barron's ● Aug. 19, 2026
Since the start of the summer, bond-market experts have spotted signs that other potentially troubling factors have been driving the latest leg higher in yields.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 12, 2026
Background: ProPublica’s investigation recounted the troubling experiences of both mental health providers and of veterans seeking care.
From Salon ● Aug. 12, 2026
This is a significant and troubling lack of transparency.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 9, 2026
They turned south, away from that troubling other-world gleam in the fog, and as they flew a question began to form more clearly in Serafina’s mind.
From "The Subtle Knife" by Philip Pullman
