dilemma
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Appeared in the February 25, 2026, print edition as 'Germany Faces Dilemma Over China Trade Ties'.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 25, 2026
Soon after, the Prisoner's Dilemma turned into the central topic in game theory.
From Science Daily • Dec. 6, 2024
Dr Wallace told Radio 4 documentary The Screening Dilemma that she thinks "people like Sir John Bell have too many conflicts of interest".
From BBC • Dec. 27, 2023
Writ large, the entertainment landscape is encountering Clay Christensen’s famous Innovator’s Dilemma in real time.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 13, 2023
According to Charles R. Clement, the Manaus botanist, though, the first Amazonians did avoid the Dilemma of Rainfall Physics.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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