dilemma

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“Two roads diverged in a yellow wood”: There’s the Frostian dilemma.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026

Its situation highlights a dilemma for companies with ample earnings whose stocks look fully valued: Do they continue repurchasing stock, or do they reduce or pause buyback programs?

From Barron's • Apr. 15, 2026

I have another dilemma for you: If your guests don’t give you physical gifts or cash and donate to charity instead, are you still required to send them a thank-you note?

From MarketWatch • Apr. 11, 2026

“The court’s left with this dilemma that I have not faced in my entire time on the bench and I don’t take it lightly,” Birotte said.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

Then Ernestine came in, thus leaving Anne, the oldest, in what for her was a fairly familiar dilemma: whether to cast her lot with us or with the adults.

From "Cheaper by the Dozen" by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey