troubling

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Even more troubling are the implications of Steyn's argument that all Muslims - by mere virtue of their existing and giving birth to other Muslims - pose an existential threat to western civilisation.

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  • Perhaps most troubling is the fact that the Pan African community has not held a plebiscite to construct an official position to define Hip Hop from a Pan Africanist point of view. —  ThugLifeArmy.com
  • Some of the provisions "raise serious issues" and are "troubling," said Tom Cafferty, an attorney with the New Jersey Press Association. —  Press of Atlantic City: Editorials
  • The March 14 Globe and Mail reported on a subject that no political party has dared to talk about, namely the troubling state of housing mortgages in Canada. —  GlobalResearch.ca
  • "What we find troubling is the belief that this program, when distorted to be something that it isn't, provides hope to real victims that somehow they have found a way not to be responsible for dealing with their own addiction," said Rob Moore, a senior vice-president with the gaming corporation.
  • Perhaps troubling is a better word. $1,000 is a lot of money to most people. —  Hartford Courant blogs
 

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