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quandary

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


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That is how Chris Adcock, 54, solved a kitchen quandary.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 15, 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

That’s the quandary faced by 49,000 residents living on the California side of Lake Tahoe, mostly in the city of South Lake Tahoe.

From Los Angeles Times May 19, 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

My quandary: Do I tell Nicole that Dave was cheating on her?

From "Burning Blue" by Paul Griffin

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

Partly as a result of the moral quandaries, Mr. Solomon finishes his book far more ambivalent about colonizing Mars than he was at the outset.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 19, 2026

This episode is unlikely to help resolve the Liberal Party's quandaries.

From BBC Feb. 12, 2026

So I put out a call: send me your Thanksgiving quandaries, your culinary existential crises, your “is this normal?” kitchen confessions.

From Salon Nov. 25, 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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