vexing
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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
That’s why the recent spate of economic data has been so vexing for Wall Street.
From Barron's • Dec. 4, 2025
What is more vexing is diagnosing what the issue actually is.
From Slate • Nov. 18, 2025
What to do about vegetation like shrubs, plants and grasses within the first 5 feet of homes has proved more vexing.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 3, 2025
Like “Eureka” or “By Jove, I’ve got it,” “voilà” is sometimes exclaimed by people who have figured out the answer to some sort of problem or riddle that has been vexing them to no end.
From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood
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