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She seemed troubled about something.
These have been troubled times.
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Foreign Affairs, 22 Apr. 2025
Meanwhile, some at City Hall have heard rumblings about major cuts to the planning department, which processes development applications and updates zoning plans, as well as the troubled Animal Services Department.
—David Zahniser, Los Angeles Times, 21 Apr. 2025
Where is the troubled, multiethnic Southeast Asian state, once known as Burma, headed now?
—Ann Scott Tyson, Christian Science Monitor, 18 Apr. 2025
Facing $9 billion in debt, the troubled power company effectively filed for bankruptcy in summer 2017.
—N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 18 Apr. 2025
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Foreign Affairs, 22 Apr. 2025
Meanwhile, some at City Hall have heard rumblings about major cuts to the planning department, which processes development applications and updates zoning plans, as well as the troubled Animal Services Department.
—David Zahniser, Los Angeles Times, 21 Apr. 2025
Where is the troubled, multiethnic Southeast Asian state, once known as Burma, headed now?
—Ann Scott Tyson, Christian Science Monitor, 18 Apr. 2025
Facing $9 billion in debt, the troubled power company effectively filed for bankruptcy in summer 2017.
—N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 18 Apr. 2025
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“Troubled.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/troubled. Accessed 29 Apr. 2025.
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