troubling
Example Sentences
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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
"Reports of Fifa conduct in violation of the city's consumer protection law, including misleading fans about seat locations and artificially inflating prices, are deeply troubling," Levine said.
From BBC • May 27, 2026
Cooney: It is troubling, but it’s not troubling on a personal level, because it’s not about the effort we put into it, to have it undone.
From Slate • May 26, 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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