trouble
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A drop of just 3% of the population might not sound drastic, but Blythe was in trouble long before the prison closed.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2026
The ferry had been heading from Bali to Lombok when it ran into trouble in the early hours of August 12.
From Barron's ● Sep. 13, 2026
“Do I think there are more older people? Of course, but I didn’t have any trouble just riding around solo on my bike and running into groups of people in their 20s,” she said.
From Salon ● Sep. 11, 2026
The trouble was that many couldn't find accommodation anywhere nearby.
From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026
At first I had a little trouble with the ring-pulling part.
From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls
They also ran into a rugged Everton defence, with Jarrad Branthwaite magnificent as he stepped up his claims for a place in Thomas Tuchel's next England squad after injury troubles.
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026
Another iconic California winemaker is having money troubles.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
"As the number of private lodging businesses has risen, complaints and troubles around them have increased," the official said on customary condition of anonymity.
From Barron's ● Sep. 7, 2026
It also added a new obligation: Americans now take a course in financial management after they file for bankruptcy to reduce the chance of future money troubles.
From Salon ● Aug. 29, 2026
All Ophie wanted was a friend, someone to share her troubles with.
From "Ophie's Ghosts" by Justina Ireland
The best director prize went to Russian-born Ilya Khrzhanovsky for his vast, riotous and experimental cinema project "DAU" that chronicles the life of the troubled father of the Soviet nuclear programme, Lev Landau.
From Barron's ● Sep. 12, 2026
Odegaard was troubled by knee and shoulder injuries last season, restricting him to only 36 games in all competitions, scoring just one goal with seven assists.
From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026
Masaya's foot problems began before the operation and had repeatedly troubled her since she arrived at Chester Zoo in 2023.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 8, 2026
Industrial production in Germany unexpectedly shrank in July, driven by sharply lower production in the country’s troubled auto sector.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 7, 2026
He has a troubled look in his eye.
From "How It Went Down" by Kekla Magoon
And if even the big corporations can see that a diet of universally palatable slop is unsustainable and troubling, it’d be a shame to get left behind, comparing favorite Marvel moments with a chatbot.
From Salon ● Sep. 11, 2026
"The German government's lack of will to publicly address the UAE's devastating role in Sudan is deeply troubling," said HRW Germany director Philipp Frisch.
From Barron's ● Sep. 10, 2026
What is far more troubling is their apparent goals, which have also been captured in detailed chain of thought records.
From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026
“It is the single most troubling element of the Oscar show every year,” Davis told the Associated Press, “because more people die each year than can possibly be included in that segment.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
It’s pretty disturbing to see war machines traverse the neighborhood you grew up in—and if that’s not troubling enough, the truck turns left, directly into the high school parking lot.
From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman
