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as in troublesome
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as in pitying
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Ponder the grocery categories tracked by local CPIs to see which California supermarket aisles are most troublesome to your household’s food budget.—
Jonathan Lansner,
Oc Register,
13 Sep. 2025 -
For Wild fans, one more potentially troublesome factor iis the history of moves like that one.—
Jess Myers,
Twin Cities,
13 Sep. 2025
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Robinson had braces in the yearbook photo, a childlike image that made the moment all the more poignant.—
Davis Winkie,
USA Today,
12 Sep. 2025
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What would Season One have been like without those poignant glimpses of the Pacific surf?—
Spencer Whaley,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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Many of Joaquin's accusers decried his state-level plea deal with the California Attorney General's Office as too lenient.—
Luc Cohen,
USA Today,
12 Sep. 2025
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Since then, attorneys and judges have overseen multiple lenient plea deals and case dismissals, while local prosecutors reviewed hundreds of active and resolved cases that Tran investigated.—
Jakob Rodgers,
Mercury News,
6 Sep. 2025
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Then, keep scrolling to check out more moving essentials like vacuum space-saver bags and heavy-duty tape.—
Izzy Baskette,
PEOPLE,
3 Sep. 2025
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Experts say heavy bomber drones are very useful against non-moving targets, as well as against groups of soldiers or bunkers, but are typically used at night.—
Ellie Cook,
MSNBC Newsweek,
2 Sep. 2025
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May he be received into the merciful arms of our loving Savior who suffered and died for Charlie.—
Amanda Castro
Gabe Whisnant
Anna Commander
Toby Meyjes
Shane Croucher
John Feng
Joshua Rhett Miller,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Sep. 2025
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The 2025 season will last for only four more games, and the organization could have let this disappointing campaign come to a merciful end.—
Sabreena Merchant,
New York Times,
6 Sep. 2025
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His doleful father, portrayed by Paul Dooley in a magically right match of performer and material, despairs for his blithely romantic son’s future.—
Michael Phillips,
Chicago Tribune,
19 June 2025
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Wallen is constantly trying to find new ways to navigate the tension between pleasure and piety, Saturday night and Sunday morning, his horniness and his self-loathing—already the grist for a thousand doleful ballads.—
Amanda Petrusich,
New Yorker,
16 May 2025
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Similar questions of historical oppression of Jews haunt Spain, going back to the 1492 decision by King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella to force Jews to convert or leave the country (many fled to the relatively tolerant Netherlands and helped fuel its commercial rise).—
David Bloom,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
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This frost-tolerant primrose is grown as a winter annual in mild Southern gardens, where plants bloom from early winter through spring.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
15 Sep. 2025
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An absolute charmer, the film is an affecting look at the human-avian bond, with all its mysteries, warmth and ungainly practicalities.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
13 Sep. 2025
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Among the most affecting discoveries were journals written not just by Octavia but also by her mother.—
Okla Jones,
Essence,
2 Sep. 2025
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“Ruthful.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ruthful. Accessed 19 Sep. 2025.
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