troublemaker

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Recent Examples of troublemaker That shouldn’t be a problem, as Taylor would never be mistaken for a troublemaker. Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 12 Sep. 2025 Across China, tens of thousands of people tagged as troublemakers like the Yangs are trapped in a digital cage, barred from leaving their province and sometimes even their homes by the world’s largest digital surveillance apparatus. Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 9 Sep. 2025 In a recent study published in Nature Aging, researchers at UC San Francisco sought to identify the molecular troublemakers that cause our brains to age prematurely. Pranjal Malewar, New Atlas, 2 Sep. 2025 With warm summer waters still lingering in the North Sea, plant operators and marine scientists will be watching closely for the next unpredictable wave of these gelatinous troublemakers. Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 11 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for troublemaker
Recent Examples of Synonyms for troublemaker
Noun
  • While the dye likely won’t affect the metal components, the plastic agitator, drum, rim, and seal in your machine may no longer be white.
    Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 18 Oct. 2025
  • And while some have crossed the line from peaceful protesters to violent agitators, violence already has ample legal remedies under state and federal law.
    Jason M. Blazakis, Mercury News, 18 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Meg has posted several teasers of the track earlier in October before slapping an official release date on the Total-sampling single.
    Michael Saponara, Billboard, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Welch announced their album Everybody Scream back in August, following a few cryptic teasers.
    Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 24 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • In an interview with Empire magazine, the actress gave a light tease of the show’s return while discussing her deep attachment to her character, Cassie.
    Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 20 Oct. 2025
  • The singer posted a tease of new symphonic music to her Instagram with a video of herself listening to the snippet while holding a rosary in her mouth.
    Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 20 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Rangers players wanted Xhekaj to get an instigator penalty for his role in starting the fight.
    Peter Baugh, New York Times, 19 Oct. 2025
  • The instigator of Game 1’s most talked about play when Brewers center fielder Sal Frelick brought his fly ball back into play, Muncy cleared both the center field fence and Frelick’s glove for a solo home run in the sixth inning.
    Bill Plunkett, Oc Register, 16 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The documentary tells the true story of a teenage couple relentlessly bullied via text by an anonymous harasser.
    EW.com, EW.com, 2 Sep. 2025

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