vexed question
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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
Those recommendations would cover "identifying and expanding sources of funding" - referring to the vexed question of which countries should pay into the new fund.
From Reuters ● Nov. 19, 2022
More simply, it’s a knowing joke about the role of the model, and the vexed question of her collaboration with her artist-lover.
From New York Times ● Aug. 9, 2022
Pithecanthropus raises the vexed question as to whether the erect attitude or brain development came first in the story.
From Man, Past and Present by Haddon, Alfred Court
