dilemma
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A retired California couple in their 70s has a dilemma: Do they pay off a mortgage that has a fixed rate of just 2.5% or build up their savings?
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 28, 2026
For Dagher, repeatedly facing her 5-year-old’s grocery-store requests prompted a dilemma over whether small treats teach bad money habits.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 25, 2026
She says the use of AI in job applications is a "moral dilemma" that employers and employees will continue to grapple with.
From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026
But what the 36-year-old Scot regards as "without doubt" the best week of his career has left him with a dilemma.
From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026
“Of course, this puts you in a bit of a dilemma, doesn’t it?” said Hermione.
From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling
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Mayors in other big cities have faced similar dilemmas.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026
One of them, whom we are calling Tracy, describes the dilemmas she and her colleagues face daily, balancing giving families time to get through a crisis, against the risk of failing to intervene.
From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026
For many brands, these dilemmas are likely to loom ever larger as consumers continue gravitating to private-label products.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 16, 2026
The novel, like Boyagoda himself, is often very funny—even as the dilemmas its characters face read as tragedy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
There is an extensive literature on the subject of prisoner’s dilemmas.
From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos
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