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troublous

[truhb-luhs] / ˈtrʌb ləs /


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Oaxaca, dotted with old Spanish churches and circled by yet older Zapotecan pyramids, was a troublous city.

From Time Magazine Archive

Among the Republican Senators who lost, ironically, was the man who guided Dwight Eisenhower's campaign during the troublous preconvention months: Senator Henry Cabot Lodge.

From Time Magazine Archive

Today the Marines still have a fanatic pride in their Corps, accumulated through the years by service in foreign parts, in troublous times.

From Time Magazine Archive

Into the water slipped the Queen Elizabeth, and into troublous times.

From Time Magazine Archive

He fought for Charles the Bald at Fontenay and was frequently employed in those troublous years between 840 and 843 in the fruitless negotiations among the rival sons of Louis.

From A Source Book of Medi?val History Documents Illustrative of European Life and Institutions from the German Invasions to the Renaissance by Ogg, Frederic Austin




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