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Examples
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His introduction shows how important first impressions can be: Miner arrives to find Jim pranking Dwight and immediately pegs Jim as a lazy trouble-maker, while Dwight appears to be ideal number two material.
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I love that Jobs has been called a micro-manager, a tough boss, a perfectionist, a trouble-maker and dyslexic.
Shelley Ross: Steve Job Resigns, An Era Ends and My Heart Is Broken Shelley Ross 2011
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That's what the George H.W. Bush Administration did with another trouble-maker in our neighborhood, Manuel Noriega in Panama.
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The usual conventions of the genre appear, such as a misunderstood guy known as a trouble-maker for getting into fights.
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He is a trouble-maker, a disturber of the public peace, a shallow-pated demagogue —
THEFT 2010
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"He convinced my mother I was a trouble-maker," the daughter of the Hawkins County woman recalled.
Heroes or Villains? 2010
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If one trouble-maker gets too many negative ratings on their comments, they automatically lose the ability to continue to comment.
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He made a point of being a trouble-maker and was shifted about a lot.
Bert Jackson 2010
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If one trouble-maker gets too many negative ratings on their comments, they automatically lose the ability to continue to comment.
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But in his day he was a trouble-maker, particularly for economists.
Farewell to a Creative Agitator Richard Hudson 2010
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