troubling
Example Sentences
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At the time, Rudin acknowledged his "history of troubling interactions with colleagues" and said he was "profoundly sorry for the pain my behaviour caused to individuals, directly and indirectly".
From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026
Permanent job losers are no longer rising in the same troubling way.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 6, 2026
The Securities and Exchange Commission has finally eliminated one of its most unfair practices and most troubling examples of administrative overreach: the “gag rule.”
From Barron's • Jun. 3, 2026
But there’s a second problem with this case that is at least as troubling as the first and it has nothing to do with how you define a mine.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026
I’ve always been good at not thinking about the things that are really troubling me.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
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