troublous
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Stirring the patronage kettle, � Mr. Hoover was beset by many a troublous problem.
From Time Magazine Archive
Oaxaca, dotted with old Spanish churches and circled by yet older Zapotecan pyramids, was a troublous city.
From Time Magazine Archive
Amid troublous times the Abbot secreted certain valuable deeds in a vast meat pie.
From Time Magazine Archive
Such troublous facts and troubling doctrines were making double trouble last week.
From Time Magazine Archive
According to Manetho, the Old Empire lasted 1478 years, and a considerable interval must be allowed for the troublous times which intervened between its fall and the beginning of the Middle Empire.
From The Egypt of the Hebrews and Herodotos by Sayce, A. H. (Archibald Henry)
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