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as in troublesome
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as in pitying
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Adjective
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Their pass protection has been just as troublesome, while quarterback C.J. Stroud has been good this year but has taken a step back from his rookie form last season.—
Jesse Newell,
Kansas City Star,
17 Jan. 2025 -
Sasaki continuing the trend of rejection is troublesome moving forward, especially next season.—
James O'Connell,
New York Daily News,
14 Jan. 2025
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The timing of it, especially with the score, is so poignant.—
Sarah Shachat,
IndieWire,
28 Jan. 2025
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Funny and poignant in equal measure, the comedy of manners does sag here and there, with a noticeable energy dip around the two-thirds mark.—
David Rooney,
The Hollywood Reporter,
28 Jan. 2025
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Many of these companies could benefit if the incoming Trump administration is lenient with regulation and antitrust enforcement.—
Samantha-Jo Roth,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
18 Jan. 2025
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Companies like Meta, Apple, Microsoft, and Google stand to gain if the Trump administration is lenient with regulation and antitrust enforcement.—
Jess Weatherbed,
The Verge,
16 Jan. 2025
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The rate for medical and moving purposes is based on the variable costs.—
Susan Tompor,
USA TODAY,
21 Dec. 2024
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Sam and Eric’s attempts to evade the aliens can be gripping and scary, but Day One is really a profoundly moving exploration of what survival really means.—
Louis Peitzman,
Vulture,
19 Dec. 2024
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The New York Giants’ season will come to a merciful end Sunday with a matchup against the Philadelphia Eagles.—
Dan Duggan,
The Athletic,
2 Jan. 2025
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The former cannot escape his past, carrying the burden of memory; the latter, touched by the merciful hand of fate, has freed himself from that weight.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
23 Aug. 2024
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Self-contained in a suit and clad by ironic distance, the unnamed sort calls to mind all the doleful observers that have traipsed across the screen since il cinema went modern, highlighting a weakness of a film that could benefit from a touch more idiosyncrasy.—
Ben Croll,
IndieWire,
12 Sep. 2024
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These scenes are very often fun, filthy, hot, and, frankly, a relief after so much doleful, droopy coupling.—
Parul Sehgal,
The New Yorker,
5 Aug. 2024
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My tolerant husband’s section is presumably well organized, but having no idea is the beauty of keeping bathrooms and bookshelves separate.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
2 Jan. 2025
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But making Hudson’s Bick both tough and tolerant was a bold stroke of the state’s ego.—
Chris Vognar,
The Atlantic,
9 Dec. 2024
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Rabab Khamis’ Recycling is one of the more affecting takes on this issue.—
Lovia Gyarkye,
The Hollywood Reporter,
9 Jan. 2025
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That’s why arguably one of the most affecting scenes in the film comes when one of those singular shoots meant to make a spectacle of one of Jenna’s outfits (a dark bodysuit with long spindly fingers and a matching insectile headpiece) all but breaks apart.—
Manuel Betancourt,
Variety,
18 Dec. 2024
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“Ruthful.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ruthful. Accessed 1 Feb. 2025.
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