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Recent Examples of troubleshooter
Eversource has crews both from Connecticut and responding from surrounding states working around the clock, including 100 troubleshooters, over 300 additional line crews and another 100 on the way later Thursday, Sullivan said.
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Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 27 June 2024
Sarkissian admires Botswana for its economic prudence and efficient governance, Singapore for aggressively becoming an economic force and diplomatic troubleshooter, and Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan al-Nahyan, the founder of the UAE, for wrangling the different emirates into a single entity.
—Shivshankar Menon, Foreign Affairs, 23 Apr. 2024
James Dobbins, a US diplomatic troubleshooter whose assignments included reopening the embassy in Kabul after the 2001 invasion and then returning more than a decade later as a special envoy during a grinding war and fading hopes of stabilizing Afghanistan, died July 3 at a hospital in Washington.
—Brian Murphy, BostonGlobe.com, 8 July 2023
Carroll was playing for the Class AA team in Amarillo, Texas, when the scout Jeff Gardner, an organizational troubleshooter, visited to work on bunts.
—Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 28 June 2023
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Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 27 June 2024
Sarkissian admires Botswana for its economic prudence and efficient governance, Singapore for aggressively becoming an economic force and diplomatic troubleshooter, and Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan al-Nahyan, the founder of the UAE, for wrangling the different emirates into a single entity.
—Shivshankar Menon, Foreign Affairs, 23 Apr. 2024
James Dobbins, a US diplomatic troubleshooter whose assignments included reopening the embassy in Kabul after the 2001 invasion and then returning more than a decade later as a special envoy during a grinding war and fading hopes of stabilizing Afghanistan, died July 3 at a hospital in Washington.
—Brian Murphy, BostonGlobe.com, 8 July 2023
Carroll was playing for the Class AA team in Amarillo, Texas, when the scout Jeff Gardner, an organizational troubleshooter, visited to work on bunts.
—Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 28 June 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for troubleshooter
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Practically moments later, eerily beautiful bleach-blond repairman Krong (Wanlop Rungkumjad) shows up on Ladyboy’s door to examine the appliance.—
Leslie Felperin,
HollywoodReporter,
21 May 2025
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His videos share the realities of big steps like renewing visas and finding an apartment, to everyday mundanities like opening bank accounts and getting a repairman to fix a door in his house.—
Cat Sposato,
AFAR Media,
21 May 2025
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In addition to the usual five tools, Crow-Armstrong can also play peacemaker.—
Paul Sullivan,
Chicago Tribune,
19 May 2025
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Of the two species, however, dogs were the ones found to play peacemaker more often.—
Jack Beresford,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 May 2025
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Footage released by the Philippines has shown the Chinese coast guard using ramming maneuvers and water cannon attacks that Manila said left Philippine servicemen injured.—
Micah McCartney — reporting from Shangri-La Dialogue, Singapore,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 June 2025
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Image Image The Vietnam War was many things: a nationalist uprising against colonization, a killing machine that took the lives of at least one million Vietnamese and 58,000 American servicemen, and a civil war in Asia that tore America apart.—
Damien Cave,
New York Times,
30 Apr. 2025
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That is a decision between a parent and their doctor.—
/ CBS News,
CBS News,
1 June 2025
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Frequently Asked Questions Can doctors tell the difference between alcoholic and non-alcoholic fatty liver?—
Suchandrima Bhowmik,
Health,
31 May 2025
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In an effort to keep negotiations from collapsing, Mr. Witkoff and Oman, which is acting as a mediator, are discussing creative options.—
Julian E. Barnes,
New York Times,
28 May 2025
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The announcement comes as Iran and the U.S. prepare for a fifth round of talks in Rome, with Oman once again serving as mediator.—
Amir Daftari,
MSNBC Newsweek,
23 May 2025
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The Mexican director will also explain the mechanics of Bruce McDonald’s Pontypool (2008), and Kyle Edward Ball’s feature directorial debut, Skinamarink (2022) for their own visual and emotional impacts on audiences.—
Etan Vlessing,
HollywoodReporter,
28 May 2025
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The 34-year-old mechanic, who voted for Trump last fall, said the Biden administration turned its back on law enforcement and made officers feel afraid to do their jobs.—
Phillip M. Bailey,
USA Today,
27 May 2025
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Maduro’s use of intermediaries makes finding evidence difficult, and some intelligence sources may be biased, hoping their cooperation will bolster asylum claims.—
Antonio Maria Delgado,
Miami Herald,
29 May 2025
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Memos authored by House Republicans and Democrats, which have been declassified, showed that information about Papadopoulos’ contacts with Russian intermediaries triggered the FBI’s counterintelligence investigation in July 2016 of potential coordination between Russia and the Trump campaign.—
Kori Rumore,
Chicago Tribune,
28 May 2025
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The moderator and the three speakers consisted of: Moderator: Dr. Kilian M Pohl, AI4MH Lead, Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences (Major Labs and Incubator) and, by courtesy, of Electrical Engineering.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
2 June 2025
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The tension at Dorchester’s packed Prince Hall started as the moderator, Yawu Miller of Flipside News, was posing a rather loaded question about immigration to the four candidates taking part in the second forum of the mayoral race, Kraft, Mayor Michelle Wu, Domingos DaRosa, and Robert Cappucci.—
Gayla Cawley,
Boston Herald,
29 May 2025
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“Troubleshooter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/troubleshooter. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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