as in troubled
to cause discomfort to or trouble for
didn't want to disoblige her relatives by spending the night at their place
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Chief on the film’s mind is what happens when the relative innocence of that blush of first infatuation — neither boy seems particularly troubled by his proclivity — is spoiled by outside forces, like family and the church.—
Richard Lawson,
HollywoodReporter,
24 Jan. 2026 -
This ambiguous legacy as both enslaver and emancipator has troubled Americans ever since.—
John Garrison Marks,
Time,
23 Jan. 2026
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The report said an alarm went off after the fire started at the station and a deputy grabbed a fire extinguisher and put out the fire.—
Peter D'Oench,
CBS News,
26 Jan. 2026
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The bus was evacuated as fire crews worked to put out the blaze.—
Justin Muszynski,
Hartford Courant,
26 Jan. 2026
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Rani’s newborn son weighed almost eight pounds and had perfect neonatal scores.—
Ben Taub,
New Yorker,
26 Jan. 2026
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The Council on Criminal Justice (CCJ) report weighed crime statistics from 40 cities that have reported monthly data for the past eight years.—
Sarah Rumpf-Whitten,
FOXNews.com,
25 Jan. 2026
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But something bothered her about the name.—
Ta-Nehisi Coates,
Vanity Fair,
26 Jan. 2026
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Schultz said he is not bothered by the criticism marking his seven-year tenure at the $301,000-a-year post.—
Tony Saavedra,
Oc Register,
24 Jan. 2026
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So, in one way or another, everyone is disturbed here.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
29 Jan. 2026
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As a Black oncologist, I was deeply disturbed by this data.—
Yehoda Martei,
STAT,
27 Jan. 2026
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Segura and Pazsitzky are not the only stars who have been inconvenienced by the ongoing operation.—
Shania Russell,
Entertainment Weekly,
7 Jan. 2026
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Some parents confused or inconvenienced by the changing recommendations around vaccinations will ultimately choose to immunize their children anyway.—
Emily Kay Votruba,
EverydayHealth.com,
6 Jan. 2026
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“Disobliged.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disobliged. Accessed 2 Feb. 2026.
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