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quandary

[kwon-duh-ree, -dree] / ˈkwɒn də ri, -dri /


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That leaves Mauricio Pochettino, coach of the national team, in a bit of a quandary heading into the new four-year World Cup cycle.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, facing higher borrowing costs, is in a quandary as to how to lower it.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 20, 2026

That left McLaren with a quandary for although their cars were running one-two, the slower one was in the lead, and they were concerned about threats from behind.

From BBC ● Jul. 26, 2026

OpenAI has been trying to build up its Claude Code competitor, Codex, and sees a window of opportunity in Anthropic’s quandary.

From Slate ● Apr. 14, 2026

The question irritated Dick, for it was part of a greater quandary, and he could not, despite the alleged perfection of his over-all design, be certain of the answer.

From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote

By examining the belief in aliens, he writes, we “can help clarify some of the primary social and spiritual quandaries of our time, even—or especially—if UFOs don’t actually exist.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026

But what is “it”? One of the biggest quandaries when investigating the nature of consciousness is that no one can seem to even agree on what it is.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 24, 2026

You wrote in from inboxes and DMs and social feeds with questions about everything from drink quandaries to annoying cousins.

From Salon ● Nov. 25, 2025

Despite the show skipping over some of the moral quandaries that arise from dating a pair of brothers, she appreciates how it deals with significant issues.

From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2025

For Howard, they would present some of the most difficult quandaries of his public life.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand




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