challenging

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The report also highlighted challenges including a scarcity or resources, excessive paperwork and officers feeling "demotivated" by negative and overly risk-averse leadership cultures.

From BBC • Jul. 6, 2026

U.S. leadership teams are currently navigating challenges including market volatility, inflationary pressures, geopolitical friction and tariffs, increasing finance chiefs’ responsibilities, said Bill Reilly, a managing director of compensation consulting firm Pearl Meyer.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 23, 2026

Financial independence isn’t always possible for everyone, especially when faced with challenges including physical and mental illness.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 19, 2026

As a result, many working-class Korean and Latino immigrant households lived side by side and often confronted similar challenges, including substandard housing conditions, landlord abuses and underfunded public schools.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 19, 2026

The Department of State is implementing a new framework for foreign assistance to establish more integrated and coherent strategic direction and tactical plans to meet our current and longterm challenges, including terrorism.

From National Strategy for Combating Terrorism September 2006 by National Security Council (U.S.)