vexing
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And this week, he spoke about another issue vexing him: men’s sperm count.
From Salon • May 15, 2026
The resolution stretches across four single-spaced pages of the Tuesday meeting agenda — a complex, detailed approach to a vexing issue.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 21, 2026
As Salon has reported before, these things can appear extremely bright in the night sky, vexing astronomers and essentially censoring the stars.
From Salon • Apr. 4, 2026
The world’s pre-eminent military power must rethink its tried-and-tested tools and tactics even as it girds for one of its most vexing challenges since World War II: potential great-power conflict with China.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 13, 2025
I have spent a vexing half hour scrapping with Fräulein Engel over the pen nib, which I swear I did not bend on purpose the first time.
From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein
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