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Adjective
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Otherwise, the 27-year-old’s immeasurable talent has been enough to compensate for the shortcomings of Red Bull’s car, which has proven troublesome since midway through last season.—
Luke Smith,
New York Times,
10 July 2025 -
Work will be done to improve a troublesome railroad crossing for motorists in the center of Mt. Juliet for the second time in about four years.—
Andy Humbles,
The Tennessean,
9 July 2025
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Williams also played behind a worse offensive line, as evidenced by his 68 sacks taken to Love's 14.—
Michael Gallagher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 July 2025
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At least two of them contained slurs offensive to Chinese people.—
Latoya Gayle,
People.com,
7 July 2025
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Ohio State lost to Michigan to end the regular season but earned a spot in the CFP and came within a last-second field goal of upsetting Georgia in the Peach Bowl.—
Austin Meek,
New York Times,
7 July 2025
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The outburst prompted Crivello to tell her family that Scarbrough needed to remain calm in the future, despite how upsetting the evidence is.—
David Clarey,
jsonline.com,
3 July 2025
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Wearing a now-iconic red tie and less cartoonish design with more angular and mischievous features, DKC’s version of Kong has been a staple for over 30 years.—
Christopher Cruz,
Rolling Stone,
10 July 2025
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Her intelligence is that vital and exacting, her wit that mischievous, her concerns – feminism, environmentalism, dystopian societies – that urgently relevant.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 July 2025
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Trying to rake the leaves out of the mulch can be more infuriating than a lack of 3-second calls in a Big Ten game.—
Paul Cappiello,
The Courier-Journal,
2 July 2025
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Because love isn't a formula, but something altogether more infuriating, complicated, confusing, intangible, and magical.—
Maureen Lee Lenker,
EW.com,
9 June 2025
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Sami Zayn Street Fight: Rhea Ripley vs. Raquel Rodriguez Rhea Ripley remains one of WWE’s most beloved stars, but her never-ending feud with members of The Judgment Day is beyond tiresome.—
Blake Oestriecher,
Forbes.com,
28 June 2025
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Being different or unique for the sake of attention getting is tiresome when an agent is reading dozens of queries at a time.—
Kate McKean
June 20,
Literary Hub,
20 June 2025
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“Brattish.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/brattish. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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