take the trouble
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"I am very grateful to each and every one of the people who take the trouble to make a meme about me," he told news programme Hoy.
From BBC ● Mar. 25, 2023
What about the rest of us who take the trouble to understand the game and are having a wonderful time watching the tournament?
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 10, 2022
It seems so eager to show everyone that it is "balanced" that it cannot even take the trouble to thoroughly read a document.
From Salon ● Jun. 21, 2021
“We will neither beg the U.S. for dialogue nor take the trouble to persuade them if they do not want to sit together with us,” said Choe Son Hui, a vice foreign minister.
From New York Times ● May 24, 2018
Fernanda never found out, nor did she take the trouble to, whether that stony silence was a determination of her will or whether she had become mute because of the impact of the tragedy.
From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
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