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trouble

[truhb-uhl] / ˈtrʌb əl /








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One of the rules I came to live by during my years of covering global trouble spots is: “Never assume that things can’t get worse.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026

They say, ‘Why would he mention Hannibal Lecter? He must be cognitively in trouble.’

From Slate • Jun. 11, 2026

Police said there was little trouble and few arrests had been made.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

If he tried to have a Hollywood birthday, he’d run into the same trouble he had lining up musical entertainment for the nation’s semiquincentennial Freedom 250 event.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

“I told you that! I told you that in the dump, fox! Half the time she’s just trying to stir up trouble, remember?”

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman




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