problematic
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She’s extremely interested in the ways problematic movies can be reclaimed by the real-life minority figures depicted in them, and what can be gleaned from studying these films’ merits.
From Salon ● Aug. 26, 2026
They also claimed the closing address made by the prosecutors during last year's trial was "problematic" identifying 35 complaints.
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026
A lot of dyed-in-the-wool activists were turned off by the flippancy of AOC’s riposte, and even with my own recent grappling over the problematic emotional landscape of the movement, I can understand why.
From Slate ● Aug. 17, 2026
Cheng’s research found that, in more than half of the situations that the community deemed problematic, the AI models didn’t determine that the user had done anything wrong.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026
Retrieving a sample from Bobby, however, was decidedly more problematic.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
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