vexed question

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How to reopen the Strait of Hormuz is an especially vexed question.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 18, 2026

Given what happened, that would be a vexed question.

From BBC • Mar. 30, 2025

How business leaders should engage with politics is a vexed question, especially in these febrile times.

From New York Times • May 12, 2023

Those recommendations would cover "identifying and expanding sources of funding" - referring to the vexed question of which countries should pay into the new fund.

From Reuters • Nov. 19, 2022

Upon the vexed question where Pal�opolis stood, or if it stood anywhere at all, Beloch seems a little wilful, arguing stoutly that there never was such a city.

From Naples Past and Present by Norway, Arthur H.