challenging
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If confirmed as Bank of Korea governor, Shin Hyun-song will inherit a challenging economic backdrop: weak domestic growth, a pressured won and renewed geopolitical tensions that risk triggering an inflation shock as energy prices rise.
“The current conflict may expose further fault lines, by challenging the U.S. security umbrella for Gulf infrastructure and the maritime security for global trade in oil,” she writes.
From Barron's
It can be challenging for midsize, legacy publications like Fortune to find relevance in a media era that values deep investigative reporting or viral punditry.
An isolated desert city 500 miles from the coast, Yazd is a challenging target for the U.S. and Israel.
But March tests are far more challenging than anything the Bruins have faced to date.
From Los Angeles Times
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