tricky
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He was a brilliant, compelling and tricky fellow, a novelist and political philosopher who disentangled himself from early communism and became culture minister to Charles de Gaulle in the 1960s.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
A hedge-fund blowup as a guidepost for identifying turning points in markets can be tricky, according to Mark Hackett, chief market strategist at Nationwide.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 30, 2026
Both he and his new Chancellor, John Healey, face the tricky task of finding the extra money needed to fulfil the pledge.
From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026
Now he faces another tricky sale: convincing his colleagues to abandon the intellectual habits of an economics profession he thinks led it astray.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026
He reached over to help his brother get the toilet paper off, which was tricky because he didn’t want to be touching toilet paper that had been touching dead stuff either.
From "As Brave As You" by Jason Reynolds
Throw in that his first attempt to have a crack at changing the welfare system was rejected by his own MPs and the challenge got trickier still.
From BBC ● Jul. 1, 2026
With every passing hour, it becomes a little trickier to find food and water in the markets of La Guaira, which was decimated by Wednesday's quakes of magnitudes 7.2 and 7.5.
From Barron's ● Jul. 1, 2026
He has a low-key comic energy and helps guide the story through a few of its trickier emotional turns.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 25, 2026
But there’s a related question that’s even trickier to answer: “If I have a prolonged health crisis, will I have enough savings to pay for my care?”
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 15, 2026
But, over time, I could tell he was practicing at home because he was getting better and trickier.
From "Ida B" by Katherine Hannigan
Perhaps the trickiest what-if scenario involves eldercare concerns.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 1, 2026
The deeper mystery, one I’d still like explained, is how Early found the time to learn how to mimic Douglas Sirk’s sneaky sincerity, the trickiest of directorial tones.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 2026
The trickiest part may be settling on a share price -- the cost of one piece of ownership in the company when it first hits the market.
From Barron's ● May 17, 2026
But Bessent's trickiest task may just be the White House bet on Argentina.
From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2025
Sobered by the force of the rising tempest, I realized that I’d gotten down the trickiest ground just in the nick of time.
From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer
