Gordian knot
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Could the administration try to unravel this Gordian knot by suppressing prices and pushing for easy money?
From Barron's ● Dec. 5, 2025
If generations of diplomats viewed the post-Soviet challenges of Eastern Europe as a Gordian knot to be painstakingly unraveled, the president envisioned an easy fix: The borders matter less than the business.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 29, 2025
Shapiro dexterously untangles the Gordian knot of their entwined passions, shared ambitions and business bottom lines.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 11, 2025
Remember the I-95 collapse in Philadelphia last June, which seemed poised to snarl East Coast traffic in a Gordian knot?
From Slate ● Mar. 26, 2024
For many of us, this one is the Gordian knot of possessive puzzles.
From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner
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