vexed
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A multiday music festival on the beach is a SoCal dream that has tantalized and vexed concert promoters for generations.
From Los Angeles Times β Sep. 2, 2026
Ms. Kaushal sets out her argument in “When Africa Comes to America,” a buoyant and refreshing book on the vexed and frequently toxic topic of immigration to this country.
From The Wall Street Journal β Aug. 10, 2026
"There is no point in bemoaning what is going on" one says phlegmatically, "Andy Burnham's inherited this vexed issue that our jails are full, it's in the nature of being PM."
From BBC β Aug. 7, 2026
But at the time, a teenage Adrian, hoping to break into the more commercial side of the film business, was vexed by his father’s reluctance to pursue Hollywood money-makers.
From Salon β Jul. 24, 2026
“He never spoke an unkind word to me or our little girl, or my mother. He was never vexed or irritable but was always happy and free from care.”
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
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