conundrum

But, in Hart's opinion, Iraola still has a major conundrum.

From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026

One significant question is the Cody Gakpo conundrum, which will roll into the final week of the transfer window.

From BBC ● Aug. 23, 2026

The solution to this conundrum came through experimental discovery.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026

Then there’s the conundrum: Consumers trade off more highly valued energy uses against less-valued ones.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026

You will recall the cosmological conundrum with which we ended the first chapter–that the Big Bang created lots of light gases but no heavy elements.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson

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

Spare a thought for Alan Horsburgh, who has a bundle of conundrums to work through.

From BBC ● Jun. 25, 2026

He answered listener conundrums, including which Gabfest host would make the best dictator and what pastry he’d like to be reincarnated as.

From Slate ● Dec. 18, 2025

Webster and Hopkins’s unique creation invites readers to stand in for the three main characters— the debutante Helen; the caddish Jed; and the good guy Saunders—as these hapless young people confront romantic and ethical conundrums.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 14, 2025

The categories of grammar reflect the building blocks of thought—time, space, causality, matter—and a philosophical wordsmith can play with them to awaken her readers to metaphysical conundrums.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker