tricky

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"Targeting the brain with drugs is tricky because they act on the entire brain and not a selected region such as the parafacial nucleus," says Paton.

From Science Daily

And when companies can build almost anything, the trickiest thing is knowing what not to build.

From The Wall Street Journal

The tech industry finds itself in a tricky spot after Anthropic’s clashes with the Pentagon.

From Los Angeles Times

"A traditional minesweeper which is conducting slow, painstaking work is going to find it tricky to hunt for mines and deactivate them if they are also under air and surface attack," he said.

From BBC

The actual growth rate depends on a tricky margin situation.

From Barron's