trouble
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Brooklyn resident Jenna Edwards always assumed she and her husband would have children, but they had trouble conceiving.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026
"I had trouble standing up from low chairs and deep couches without someone offering me an arm," she said.
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
Step Up For Students, a nonprofit that manages scholarship money distribution for the state, did not know about Helton’s trouble in Ohio, according to a spokesperson.
From Salon ● Jul. 27, 2026
Kennedy told The Times in 2023 that the school came to him after it had trouble finding another wealthy booster to foot the bill.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026
“I said he was trouble and a heartbreaker.”
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
Flavio's troubles began in May when an audio recording leaked of him asking banker Daniel Vorcaro -- accused in a multi-million-dollar fraud case -- to finance a film about his father.
From Barron's ● Jul. 25, 2026
"It just feels phenomenal to be back in a better place, just healthy mentally, physically and emotionally," said Richardson, who has had troubles off the track.
From BBC ● Jul. 25, 2026
A year later, the company’s antitrust troubles are mostly behind it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026
SpaceX postponed its latest Starship rocket test, originally planned for Thursday, citing engine troubles.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 17, 2026
Traveling the country for two years, Fannie saw workers everywhere had the same troubles: long hours, low pay, and dangerous conditions.
From "Fannie Never Flinched" by Mary Cronk Farrell
As the Metropolitan Police investigation is due to be mothballed next year, cold case detectives say they are troubled by the continuing mystery.
From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026
A guiding light in troubled times: When the news has you spiraling, sometimes it helps to consider how ordinary people can make a difference.
From Slate ● Jul. 28, 2026
Boeing reported a bigger-than-expected loss Tuesday fuelled by $280 million in additional costs in outfitting two US presidential planes, but said broad-based revenue growth showed progress after several troubled years.
From Barron's ● Jul. 28, 2026
The announcement is the latest warning sign from Germany’s troubled car industry.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026
So when Roz marched into the middle of the park, the pigeons there weren’t troubled in the least.
From "The Wild Robot Escapes" by Peter Brown
While it’s been a troubling conundrum addressed by AI experts and Hollywood science-fiction scriptwriters for decades, it may have just happened.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2026
Not only could this backlog create problems in terms of access to justice, but according to Kirby, rising numbers of tribunals could have another troubling effect.
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026
The new prosecutor said that although the case “revealed a grave and very troubling picture,” the evidence was insufficient for conviction and the trial’s fairness was compromised.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026
Residents have been receiving troubling calls from people pretending to be their grandchildren, swindling them out of thousands of dollars.
From Salon ● Jul. 15, 2026
I’m not positive, but I think he probably got the message, too, because after his last, troubling phone call, he pulled a Lance Winters and quit on me altogether.
From "Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet" by Joanne Proulx
