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trouble

[truhb-uhl] / ˈtrʌb əl /








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"As much as I would love to do it, the people I have to race this year...I'm in trouble."

From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2026

Lula, 81, and Trump, 80, have no trouble communicating by phone and have met several times -- showering each other with public praise before reverting to their fundamental disagreements.

From Barron's ● Oct. 27, 2026

One underplayed hint of potential trouble is Anthropic’s insistence on its “public benefit purpose,” which includes ensuring “the hardest problems facing humanity are not left to market forces alone to solve.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026

And what hope is there that we can eventually reduce foolish behavior, help more people avoid trouble and enjoy better lives?

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 26, 2026

I wasn’t sure why, but I thought maybe I was in trouble.

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold

Its troubles are the same as most other countries, only more so.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 25, 2026

Members of the Chetrit family, based in New York, hold extensive real estate through multiple companies, some of which have suffered legal and financial troubles in the last two years.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026

L'Oreal has largely been able to avoid the troubles that luxury groups have faced thanks to its products aimed at the mass market and professionals.

From Barron's ● Oct. 22, 2026

Before his legal troubles, Shkreli was viewed as a brash outsider.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 13, 2026

I was too sulky to speak and took my mind off my troubles by recalling how Hog Scald Road got its name.

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck

A brutal season has arrived in China’s car market, among the most troubled in the world.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026

Betancourt’s legal problems stemmed from his role in troubled Venezuelan energy projects during the corrupt rule of former President Hugo Chávez.

From Salon ● Oct. 23, 2026

France’s debt rating is under review, and the expectation is the report card for the troubled country due on Friday won’t be a positive one.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 23, 2026

Efforts to rekindle the desirability of troubled Italian fashion house Gucci failed to boost sales in the third quarter, with its parent company Kering reporting Thursday a flat performance in a softer luxury market.

From Barron's ● Oct. 22, 2026

These questions had troubled William for much of his career.

From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield

That’s a troubling prospect, given the extent to which its rich valuation rests on expectations that its recent pace of growth will continue into the limitless future.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026

"Meghan warned over father 8 years ago," says the Daily Telegraph, with Markle sharing on Friday that she received a letter containing "troubling and disturbing allegations" about her father in 2018.

From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026

But what we saw in the briefing room this week was far more troubling than one woman falling on her face.

From Salon ● Oct. 16, 2026

A troubling rise in prices might trigger an increase at the Fed’s meeting on Oct. 27-28.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 12, 2026

“For being forgetful? For needlessly troubling the good people of lost and found? I wish they would. Did you get what you needed?”

From "Shadowshaper" by Daniel José Older


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