problematic
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Yet as his budgets have mounted, so has the pressure to make his problematic ladies popular with a mass audience.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 24, 2026
Identifying images that could be problematic is much more nuanced than spotting bare skin and Hussain says a user may need to be very persistent to make sure a human moderator reviews a picture.
From BBC • Jun. 21, 2026
The problematic 20% are mostly in Iraq and Kuwait, some of which would probably never return to pre-conflict production levels, said the IEA.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 15, 2026
You’ll regularly hear them trying to separate a love of their country and its people from support of problematic regimes.
From Salon • Jun. 15, 2026
The awkward silence of the civil rights community, however, is more problematic.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
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