vexed
Example Sentences
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But this move suggests that the producers’ club will only find it harder to navigate the cross-currents of war, economic uncertainty, sanctions, and non-OPEC supply growth that have vexed market management.
From Barron's • May 4, 2026
Though timing these cycles has vexed many investors, there was a fairly familiar pattern of sales growing quickly, then shrinking.
From Barron's • Mar. 18, 2026
More broadly, however, Rogan appeared as torn by the vexed issue of immigration as so many other Americans.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 17, 2026
In his statement, he said the post had followed Mr Lammy's visit to the Caribbean when he was foreign secretary and was about the "vexed issue" of reparations for former colonial nations affected by slavery.
From BBC • Jan. 8, 2026
What was it that got your ma so vexed at him?”
From "The Journey of Little Charlie" by Christopher Paul Curtis
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