take the trouble
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In this American moment, bad is good and shrewd operators know that if you throw in enough high-profile ingredients — Kardashian, Murphy, a bevy of fine actors — you needn’t take the trouble to ensure the mix will rise to the occasion.
From Los Angeles Times
If you take the trouble of leaving the silo of a single social media feed for the free-range web, you want to be rewarded with more words, more commentary.
From Slate
"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
As an attempt to even the score when it comes to ethnic humor, I have no problem with it, but you could at least take the trouble to write actual jokes.
From New York Times
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
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