problematic
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"So I think in office we did a lot, but clearly those initial steps were problematic," Lammy said.
From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026
But what’s problematic about this is something else.
From Salon ● Jul. 10, 2026
A second scenario is more problematic: a sharp selloff in stocks, causing VIX to jump up to VXN’s higher levels.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 9, 2026
Meta said the AI-generated images are watermarked and users can report problematic ones.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 9, 2026
Off the agency’s long hallways are laboratories filled with airplane wreckage: a mangled piece of an engine turbine, a problematic piece of a helicopter rotor.
From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell
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