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She seemed troubled about something.
These have been troubled times.
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Listen to this article A new management company at Carlsbad’s Windsor Pointe supportive housing project faces the daunting task of turning around the facility’s troubled reputation.
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Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Jan. 2025
The troubled Metropolitan Detention Center jail in Brooklyn has just two doctors on staff to care for its more than 1,100 inmates, and an opening for a third physician has gone unfilled for nearly a decade.
—John Annese, New York Daily News, 19 Jan. 2025
Upcoming trustee elections represent a chance for sane graduates of the troubled institution to push it in the right direction -- despite the university’s interference.
—Jack Fowler, National Review, 19 Jan. 2025
And nothing was lower than a certain troubled spring break comedy.
—Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 18 Jan. 2025
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Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Jan. 2025
The troubled Metropolitan Detention Center jail in Brooklyn has just two doctors on staff to care for its more than 1,100 inmates, and an opening for a third physician has gone unfilled for nearly a decade.
—John Annese, New York Daily News, 19 Jan. 2025
Upcoming trustee elections represent a chance for sane graduates of the troubled institution to push it in the right direction -- despite the university’s interference.
—Jack Fowler, National Review, 19 Jan. 2025
And nothing was lower than a certain troubled spring break comedy.
—Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 18 Jan. 2025
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“Troubled.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/troubled. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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