vexed
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This question, now being asked of prediction markets like Polymarket and Kalshi, has vexed financial regulators from Hammurabi to Hamilton.
From Barron's • Apr. 7, 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
The question that vexed me as I left La Jolla Playhouse, where “Working Girl” is receiving its world premiere, is why must musicals so often cheapen their source material?
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 19, 2025
Then there is the vexed matter of pollution.
From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson
