dilemma
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Quentin Fottrell confronts one 60-year-old reader’s dilemma: He wants to retire, and his wife says the couple can’t afford it.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 19, 2026
But what the 36-year-old Scot regards as "without doubt" the best week of his career has left him with a dilemma.
From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026
If the Dodgers decide Ohtani needs a few days off now, they would face this unpleasant dilemma: play one man short, or put him on the injured list.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026
‘We’re solving the crude dilemma, but we are not solving the product dilemma’
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
Thus, the choice of whether to praise or to pan is something of a prisoner’s dilemma.
From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos
Mayors in other big cities have faced similar dilemmas.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026
For many brands, these dilemmas are likely to loom ever larger as consumers continue gravitating to private-label products.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 16, 2026
A Prudie reader has some wise words for how to navigate that situation—and readers of the column weigh in on a variety of other dilemmas, too.
From Slate ● Aug. 21, 2026
The agreement also points to the dilemmas facing regional powers in the Middle East, Europe and Asia.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
Students are encouraged to consider social problems and responses to ‘practical’ dilemmas in a modern world through which angels and devils no longer dance.
From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez
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