conundrum

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Perhaps the biggest conundrum the head coach has been left with after this camp is up front.

From BBC • Apr. 1, 2026

It is a moral conundrum that can have no resolution.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026

"Until recently, while stellar rotation was thought to be part of solving this conundrum, limited computing abilities prevented us from quantitatively testing the hypothesis," says Falk Herwig, principal investigator and director of ARC.

From Science Daily • Mar. 24, 2026

The upside risks from oil prices only adds to that conundrum.

From Barron's • Mar. 11, 2026

It seems to me that one ought to rejoice in the fact of death—ought to decide, indeed, to earn one’s death by confronting with passion the conundrum of life.

From "The Fire Next Time" by James Baldwin