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Mark Kelly The decision by four Colorado judges to bar Donald Trump from the state presidential ballot is an ugly turn that augurs nothing but trouble for American law and democracy.
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The Editorial Board, WSJ, 20 Dec. 2023
Israel has been nothing but trouble from the start.
—Jennifer Hassan, Washington Post, 8 Oct. 2023
Buttigieg sees nothing but trouble for this approach, yet acknowledges his position of privilege.
—Philip Elliott, Time, 12 June 2023
As happened in Somalia, Haiti, Afghanistan, and Iraq, expanding the U.S. military mission in Libya beyond the original objective created nothing but trouble.
—Robert M. Gates, Foreign Affairs, 2 June 2020
Buttigieg sees nothing but trouble for this approach, yet acknowledges his position of privilege.
—Philip Elliott, Time, 12 June 2023
The lander's other main instrument, however, encountered nothing but trouble.
—Bloomberg.com, 20 Dec. 2022
But spying on the neighbors proves to be nothing but trouble.
—Lucia Tonelli, Town & Country, 31 May 2022
In fact, elders within the Jewish community saw nothing but trouble in the idea of the performance.
—Washington Post, 15 Apr. 2022
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The Editorial Board, WSJ, 20 Dec. 2023
Israel has been nothing but trouble from the start.
—Jennifer Hassan, Washington Post, 8 Oct. 2023
Buttigieg sees nothing but trouble for this approach, yet acknowledges his position of privilege.
—Philip Elliott, Time, 12 June 2023
As happened in Somalia, Haiti, Afghanistan, and Iraq, expanding the U.S. military mission in Libya beyond the original objective created nothing but trouble.
—Robert M. Gates, Foreign Affairs, 2 June 2020
Buttigieg sees nothing but trouble for this approach, yet acknowledges his position of privilege.
—Philip Elliott, Time, 12 June 2023
The lander's other main instrument, however, encountered nothing but trouble.
—Bloomberg.com, 20 Dec. 2022
But spying on the neighbors proves to be nothing but trouble.
—Lucia Tonelli, Town & Country, 31 May 2022
In fact, elders within the Jewish community saw nothing but trouble in the idea of the performance.
—Washington Post, 15 Apr. 2022
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