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the troublesome news that there will be more cuts in the school budget
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This Nobel Prize-winning science works by degrading the biological blueprints that RNA use to make proteins — without the genetic instructions, the troublesome proteins are never made and the gene is essentially muted.
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Allison Deangelis and Elaine Chen, STAT, 23 May 2024
Swift’s air travel habits have proven particularly troublesome for her, tarnishing a public image that has otherwise been tightly protected and controlled.
—Lucas Ropek / Gizmodo, Quartz, 22 May 2024
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Allison Deangelis and Elaine Chen, STAT, 23 May 2024
Swift’s air travel habits have proven particularly troublesome for her, tarnishing a public image that has otherwise been tightly protected and controlled.
—Lucas Ropek / Gizmodo, Quartz, 22 May 2024
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“Troublesome.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/troublesome. Accessed 29 May. 2024.
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troublesome
adjective
trou·ble·some
ˈtrəb-əl-səm 
1
: requiring or involving continued or tiring effort, attention, or study : difficult, burdensome
a troublesome task
2
: giving trouble or anxiety
troublesome news
troublesomely
adverb
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