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be in a quandary

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Look at the United States, and you will see a Federal Reserve that must now be in a quandary about whether to keep raising interest rates.

Some countries will be in a quandary about how to balance ties to get the best out of both of the big players, while others will seek to use the rivalry as an opportunity to extract leverage for economic or military advantage.

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Even Israel, the strongest advocate of anti-terror measures, would be in a quandary if Soviet Jews were to skyjack an Aeroflot plane and fly it to Tel Aviv.

If that were taken, he would be in a quandary, for there would be little chance of his being able to make up the loss to his friend, the Western miner.

I saw bright colors in stripes, and stars of blue that they seemed to be in a quandary how to place and how many to use.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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