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Adjective
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Although the discussion of representation can be tiresome for many who just want to be seen for their talent, Cho gets it.—
Laura Sirikul,
Forbes.com,
28 Aug. 2025 -
How tiresome monogamy, married or otherwise, always seemed to her.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
15 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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This helps mitigate feelings of loneliness and isolation, enabling individuals to support each other through stressful times and build a stronger, more resilient team.—
Kotter,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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But private attorneys are often not interested in taking up public defender appointments due to low pay or just the stressful nature of working in a trial setting.—
MARGARET SHREINER,
jsonline.com,
10 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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In Wind River, the investigation into Natalie's death is hindered by a troubling legal gap.—
Allison DeGrushe,
Entertainment Weekly,
8 Sep. 2025
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In addition—and even more troubling—there remains a question of what this means for the work environment at the DOJ.—
Andrew Binns,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Ponder the grocery categories tracked by local CPIs to see which California supermarket aisles are most troublesome to your household’s food budget.—
Jonathan Lansner,
Oc Register,
13 Sep. 2025
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For Wild fans, one more potentially troublesome factor iis the history of moves like that one.—
Jess Myers,
Twin Cities,
13 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Now supposedly dying from some terminal illness, Julian has gone total hermit mode inside of his cluttered London apartment, where the walls are festooned with the relics of his success and the backrooms are a junk pile of painful memories.—
David Ehrlich,
IndieWire,
9 Sep. 2025
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Dig a little deeper by comparing your top three financial goals and sharing your most painful and joyous money memories.—
Mary Clements Evans,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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More worrisome to me is how Penguin Random House continues to dominate the awards.—
Maris Kreizman,
Literary Hub,
11 Sep. 2025
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The main road is one lane, and the level of toxins that surround my little hamlet of standing houses is very worrisome.—
Brian Hiatt,
Rolling Stone,
10 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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If one employee spots profanity or offensive language in an application, then it is sent to another employee, and possibly moved up the chain.—
Eleanor Nash,
Kansas City Star,
10 Sep. 2025
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The preseason play wasn’t encouraging, and Canales’ decision to rest the starters in the exhibition finale looks even more puzzling in hindsight, especially after the offensive group produced three three-and-outs and one touchdown drive.—
DIAMOND VENCES,
Charlotte Observer,
10 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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And yet, despite being an Oscar-hopeful crowd-pleaser rather than a horror movie, The Green Mile features some of the most upsetting imagery and themes in any King adaptation.—
James Grebey,
Time,
12 Sep. 2025
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This disastrously cramped conception of who gets to have a day in court would be the main target of my outrage if the court’s opinion on the use of ethnicity, language and workplace as factors in immigration enforcement weren’t even more upsetting.—
Noah Feldman,
Mercury News,
10 Sep. 2025
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“Distractive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/distractive. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.
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