Gordian
Example Sentences
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If generations of diplomats viewed the post-Soviet challenges of Eastern Europe as a Gordian knot to be painstakingly unraveled, the president envisioned an easy fix: The borders matter less than the business.
Davies have argued, and in political and ideological terms, it's something of a Gordian knot that defies any facile analysis.
From Salon
It's true human brains are by far the most Gordian when it comes to the knots in our skulls, but evolution doesn't work like a line graph.
From Salon
“Our actual presence will be very limited and temporary,” said Joseph H. Felter, a former top Pentagon official on Southeast Asia who now directs Stanford University’s Gordian Knot Center for National Security Innovation.
From New York Times
It is one obstacle in a Gordian knot of challenges that have rendered the problem intractable for decades, as underscored by conditions in North Spirit Lake, a close-knit community of roughly 300 people.
From New York Times
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