paradox

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The women who make it to China live in a "cruel paradox", says Lina Yoon from Human Rights Watch.

From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026

The result is a kind of economic paradox: Households are liquid, but reluctant.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 18, 2026

The paradox, noted BloombergNEF analyst Philip Geurts, is that major polyethylene producers like South Korea or Singapore "could have an advantage" given strong demand in other markets and rising prices.

From Barron's • Mar. 18, 2026

“It’s a paradox that you can use all kinds of internet services in most of the country,” said Jonny Tickle, a British national living in Moscow.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 14, 2026

But the life of a class at the top of the bottom can be, and more often than not is, subject to irony, paradox, and the crisis of compromise.

From "Class Matters" by The New York Times