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

But there’s a second problem with this case that is at least as troubling as the first and it has nothing to do with how you define a mine.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 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

I’ve always been good at not thinking about the things that are really troubling me.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan