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Recent Examples of troubleshooter
Sarkissian admires Botswana for its economic prudence and efficient governance, Singapore for aggressively becoming an economic force and diplomatic troubleshooter, and Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan al-Nahyan, the founder of the UAE, for wrangling the different emirates into a single entity.
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Shivshankar Menon, Foreign Affairs, 23 Apr. 2024
James Dobbins, a US diplomatic troubleshooter whose assignments included reopening the embassy in Kabul after the 2001 invasion and then returning more than a decade later as a special envoy during a grinding war and fading hopes of stabilizing Afghanistan, died July 3 at a hospital in Washington.
—Brian Murphy, BostonGlobe.com, 8 July 2023
Carroll was playing for the Class AA team in Amarillo, Texas, when the scout Jeff Gardner, an organizational troubleshooter, visited to work on bunts.
—Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 28 June 2023
Those projectionists, though, were highly skilled engineers and troubleshooters.
—Lane Brown, Vulture, 2 Mar. 2023
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Shivshankar Menon, Foreign Affairs, 23 Apr. 2024
James Dobbins, a US diplomatic troubleshooter whose assignments included reopening the embassy in Kabul after the 2001 invasion and then returning more than a decade later as a special envoy during a grinding war and fading hopes of stabilizing Afghanistan, died July 3 at a hospital in Washington.
—Brian Murphy, BostonGlobe.com, 8 July 2023
Carroll was playing for the Class AA team in Amarillo, Texas, when the scout Jeff Gardner, an organizational troubleshooter, visited to work on bunts.
—Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 28 June 2023
Those projectionists, though, were highly skilled engineers and troubleshooters.
—Lane Brown, Vulture, 2 Mar. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for troubleshooter
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At Large follows two best friends, Bill and Joe, who are ordinary dads and electrical repairmen.—
Zac Ntim,
Deadline,
11 Feb. 2025
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The elevator division of the city Buildings Department later learned that the repairman was in the pit of the dumbwaiter shaft, working on the hoist cables, when the dumbwaiter cab plummeted on top of him.—
Thomas Tracy,
New York Daily News,
26 Mar. 2025
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Nets head coach Jordi Fernandez, attempting to play peacemaker, wound up getting shoved into the stands.—
C.J. Holmes,
New York Daily News,
21 Mar. 2025
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The president's goal of being a global peacemaker, however, is facing new tests in the Middle East.—
Carlo Versano,
Newsweek,
18 Mar. 2025
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And having those servicemen available to help was invaluable.—
Brian Davids,
HollywoodReporter,
7 Apr. 2025
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That April, the Ukrainian parliament passed a law declaring that any Russian serviceman who provided Ukraine with one of Russia’s more advanced military planes would receive a million dollars.—
Joshua Yaffa,
The New Yorker,
24 Feb. 2025
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Eventually, a third doctor removed it in the operating room.—
Essence,
Essence,
14 Apr. 2025
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In such cases, law-enforcement officers—but also, at times, doctors, nurses, and other medical personnel, mostly working for private corporations—watch for days, weeks, and months as ailing people waste away in their care.—
Sarah Stillman,
New Yorker,
14 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Speaking to Iranian state television from Algeria, Abbas Araghchi maintained the talks would be indirect, likely with Omani mediators shuttling between the parties.—
Jon Gambrell and Amir Vahdat,
Los Angeles Times,
8 Apr. 2025
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In diplomatic terms, that means mediators pass messages between the sides.—
Barak Ravid,
Axios,
7 Apr. 2025
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The remaining new positions include 25 new emergency medical technicians in addition to mechanics and others.—
Noah Goldberg,
Los Angeles Times,
22 Apr. 2025
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Every team member benefits from understanding the financial mechanics behind their work—whether reading a budget or interpreting performance metrics.—
Cheryl Robinson,
Forbes.com,
18 Apr. 2025
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But a senior Iranian official said any negotiations would be indirect, with Oman acting as intermediary.—
Alexis Simendinger,
The Hill,
8 Apr. 2025
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Apprenticeship intermediaries can be public, non-profit, or for-profit organizations and can work locally, regionally, statewide, or nationally.—
Bruno V. Manno,
Forbes.com,
2 Apr. 2025
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The moderator of the panel was Eric Noble of The CARLAB.—
Jan Wagner,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
13 Apr. 2025
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The company also faces claims by former content moderators who have alleged they were psychologically harmed on the job — watching hours of disturbing videos, including displays of bestiality, necrophilia and violence against children.—
Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
4 Apr. 2025
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“Troubleshooter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/troubleshooter. Accessed 26 Apr. 2025.
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