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troublemaking

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The airport has been a target for Russian troublemaking.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 27, 2025

She can even do country music, as in the handful of tunes she co-wrote for the latest album by the troublemaking Texas singer Koe Wetzel.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 15, 2024

Ms. Cruz-Rivas, 42, moved to Charleston during the coronavirus pandemic, drawn by significantly higher wages and a desire to distance her teenage sons, Jevon and Amon, from troublemaking friends.

From New York Times Dec. 11, 2023

The report causes you to think back to June 22, when Goodell focused on the Washington organization’s transformation as if to say that all of Snyder’s troublemaking was in the past.

From Washington Post Dec. 9, 2022

Mama tries to look impressed, but in fact, she’s never liked her troublemaking uncle very much.

From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez