problem play

Example Sentences

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“We should be in unison about the primary, and we should let this other problem play itself out.”

From Seattle Times • Mar. 30, 2023

We have seen this problem play out in the geopolitical context within the past few weeks.

From Salon • Mar. 27, 2022

Instead, they let the problem play out to see what they could learn about it before fixing it.

From The Verge • Apr. 6, 2020

Kathy Chaney, who served as the DEA’s group supervisor in Columbus, Ohio, saw the problem play out firsthand.

From Washington Post • Oct. 22, 2016

And exactly what annoys Bernard Shaw about Shakespeare's version is this: that Shakespeare has an open mind or, in other words, that Shakespeare has really written a problem play.

From George Bernard Shaw by Chesterton, G. K. (Gilbert Keith)