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as in troublesome
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as in pitying
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Recalls aren't a surefire sign of reliability issues, though transmission or powertrain problems that are highlighted in a recall could turn out to be troublesome for long-term ownership.—
Charles Singh,
USA Today,
10 June 2026 -
The motel is also the target of a Fort Worth Code Compliance crackdown aimed at cleaning up troublesome properties in the city.—
Matthew Adams,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
10 June 2026
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No other charging stats were provided, but Audi highlighted that on the more lenient European WLTP cycle, the car is said to have about 52 to 54 miles of electric driving range.—
Joel Feder,
The Drive,
28 May 2026
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No one should want tennis players passing out on the court because officials are afraid of looking too lenient.—
Dan Zaksheske OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
28 May 2026
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Cullen said that her poem, featured in her third poetry collection Conditional Perfect, is even more poignant now, after losing her mother.—
Escher Walcott,
PEOPLE,
10 June 2026
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Something about connections formed across a vast distance—oceans and eras, in this case—has felt extra-poignant lately.—
Brittany Allen,
Literary Hub,
10 June 2026
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That painful night in Dallas now feels merciful, compared with what this Avs team just experienced.—
Corey Masisak,
Denver Post,
27 May 2026
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Would a just and merciful God approve of what is happening?—
Kenneth Seeskin,
Chicago Tribune,
11 May 2026
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Domingo nails it and is very moving.—
Pete Hammond,
Deadline,
9 June 2026
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Citations were given for 39 hazardous moving violations and 65 non-moving violations.—
Kendrick Calfee
May 24,
Kansas City Star,
24 May 2026
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Softneck garlic is more tolerant of temperature extremes and can also be grown indoors.—
Samantha Johnson,
Martha Stewart,
13 June 2026
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This testing supports a broader national effort to approve accident-tolerant and high-burnup fuels, which allow commercial reactors to run longer and generate more power without raising costs.—
Aman Tripathi,
Interesting Engineering,
11 June 2026
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The Canadian filmmaker Sophy Romvari does something similar with the new movie Blue Heron, a semi-autobiographical piece whose structure loops in on itself, melding fact and fiction into a doleful portrait of a family tragedy.—
Richard Lawson,
HollywoodReporter,
16 Apr. 2026
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Black Hills bucket-listing aside, time here is best spent tubing and fishing on the river, luxuriating in the infrared sauna, or listening to a doleful coyote song under a blanket of stars.—
Ashlea Halpern,
Time,
12 Mar. 2026
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Here was a more congenial setting for contemplating liberty than Paris or Port-au-Prince.—
Daniel Immerwahr,
New Yorker,
4 May 2026
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She was born with a congenial heart defect that required her to have open-heart surgery in the first week of her life.—
Noah Lyons,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
13 Apr. 2026
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“Ruthful.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ruthful. Accessed 17 Jun. 2026.
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