predicament
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Manchester City were bought by Abu Dhabi investors in 2008 but, the document says, their predicament had become clear from the start of the 2009-10 season.
From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026
That momentum helps explain investors’ current predicament: The yield on the 10-year Treasury note this week hit highs not seen in nearly 20 years.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026
You’re never too old, and you’re not the only reader with this predicament.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 25, 2026
Andrea, a 32-year-old mother who declined to give her surname because she felt ashamed of her predicament, tried to reinvent herself by starting a catering business after the stationary shop where she worked shut down.
From Barron's ● Aug. 18, 2026
“Can’t you see that you’re not exactly without blame for the predicament you’re in?”
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
Just as Murrin was trying to get the Supreme Court’s attention, the top Republican and Democratic lawmakers in the Senate Finance Committee unveiled a bill to fix predicaments like the one Murrin faced.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 25, 2026
Nearly a week has passed and, despite American claims of victory, the predicaments facing the president have not changed.
From BBC ● Apr. 12, 2026
Some faced worse storage predicaments than I did.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 11, 2026
Aditi Hariharan, a UC Davis undergraduate and president of the UC Student Assn., said she believed other solutions to UC’s financial predicaments were possible.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 18, 2025
Completely unarmed, the Florentines engaged ten thousand French soldiers to take Pisa: such a plan endangered them more than any of their previous predicaments.
From "The Prince" by Niccolò Machiavelli
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