dilemma
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This astounding dilemma is brought to you by the Angels, and their combination of a consistent focus on affordability and a consistently bad team.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2026
In fact, I expect to get an email or two about the seriousness of your financial dilemma, perhaps with allegations of humblebragging.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 29, 2026
The dilemma has opened the way for once-unthinkable ideas.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026
A dilemma for the EU is how to avoid different age limits across 27 countries.
From Barron's ● Jul. 13, 2026
I’m not sure whether to invite her in or close the door while I change, but she solves this dilemma by bustling in and sitting on the bed.
From "Orphan Train" by Christina Baker Kline
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By the end, screenwriter Ana Nogueira tees up some compelling moral dilemmas about the ethics of revenge, but Gillespie’s direction fails to entertain them with the weight they deserve.
From Salon ● Jun. 27, 2026
Again, which of these dilemmas you’d rather have isn’t a moral question.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 21, 2026
These dilemmas that these people in the industry are going through, I wonder if you and I, if we were in that same position, how we would do it.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 21, 2026
The arguments playing out in Moerdijk echo wider dilemmas across the Netherlands.
From BBC ● Apr. 12, 2026
I would never complain in public about my fashion dilemmas, but I felt perfectly okay pouring out my frustrations to my brother on one of our regular weekly phone calls.
From "Proud" by Ibtihaj Muhammad
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