nub

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There lies the nub of the dilemma for Qatar and the five other Gulf states facing the brunt of the backlash from a war they tried to avert through diplomacy.

From Salon • Mar. 21, 2026

However, a judge ordered the council to re-look at the complaint, saying it had not considered the nub of the matter - whether the fouling constituted a "statutory nuisance".

From BBC • Dec. 22, 2025

But voices were growing for stronger action, saying the monarch was failing to get at the nub of the problem: in the public’s eye, the disgraced prince continues to live…well, like a prince.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 30, 2025

Both treatments caused the same dramatic effect: the hyphae elongated much more slowly and with a strange nub shape not found in nature.

From Science Daily • Mar. 25, 2024

Maskelyne realized that the nub of the problem lay with finding a mountain of sufficiently regular shape to judge its mass.

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