conundrums
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Their work is a cultural bridge much like Ashitaka’s effort to bring the worlds of beasts and men together for a common cause, depicting what Miyazaki sees as one of humanism’s central conundrums.
From Salon ● Jul. 22, 2026
Spare a thought for Alan Horsburgh, who has a bundle of conundrums to work through.
From BBC ● Jun. 25, 2026
This week, Emily Bazelon, John Dickerson, David Plotz, and special guest Stephen Colbert answer listeners’ conundrums of all kinds: the meaningful, the trivial, and the delightfully absurd.
From Slate ● Dec. 26, 2025
It’s something that almost never happens in the NFL because finding a new quarterback is one of the game’s most maddening conundrums.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2025
I was so frightened, and at the mercy of so many conundrums, that inevitably, that summer, someone would have taken me over; one doesn’t, in Harlem, long remain standing on any auction block.
From "The Fire Next Time" by James Baldwin
