vexed question
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To call this a vexed question is putting it mildly.
From Salon ● Sep. 15, 2026
How to reopen the Strait of Hormuz is an especially vexed question.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 18, 2026
This vexed question is why the proceedings of the Bank's nine member Monetary Policy Committee were so close and even involved an unprecedented second vote.
From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2025
How business leaders should engage with politics is a vexed question, especially in these febrile times.
From New York Times ● May 12, 2023
I am not qualified to pronounce on the vexed question; but my experience is that in such matters the big man usually gets his way, and the smaller has to go to the wall.
From A New Medley of Memories by David Hunter-Blair
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