conundrums
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The new circumstances throw up some interesting conundrums for both sides.
From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2026
In this way, “The Savage Mind” means to interrogate the unresolved, even unrecognized, conundrums of identity and race.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026
Their work is a cultural bridge much like Ashitaka’s effort to bring the worlds of beasts and men together for a common cause, depicting what Miyazaki sees as one of humanism’s central conundrums.
From Salon ● Jul. 22, 2026
This week, Emily Bazelon, John Dickerson, David Plotz, and special guest Stephen Colbert answer listeners’ conundrums of all kinds: the meaningful, the trivial, and the delightfully absurd.
From Slate ● Dec. 26, 2025
Perhaps, people being the conundrums that they are, and having so little desire to shoulder the burden of their lives, this is what will always happen.
From "The Fire Next Time" by James Baldwin
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