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knotty

[not-ee] / ˈnɒt i /


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If bond yields are in a secular, multidecade uptrend, as seems likely, investors face two knotty problems.

From Barron's • Apr. 24, 2026

As a portrait of an artist at a crossroads, it's compellingly knotty.

From BBC • Mar. 4, 2026

But she’s a reluctant sleuth in a knotty case with a head full of noise and a shaky hand on the lighter.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 13, 2025

There’s a comprehensiveness to how “We Are Guardians” lays out a big, knotty problem of environment, politics, geography and business — internationalized yet hyper-local — while spotlighting the Indigenous push-back efforts.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2025

I drag my garbage bag across the backyard and underneath the maple tree with thick leaves and knotty roots.

From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller




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