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“It’s a very difficult problem, and society as a whole is not investing enough money in infrastructure ... especially water infrastructure,” said Lucio Soibelman, a professor of civil and environmental engineering at USC.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 25, 2026

“It’s a notoriously difficult problem for classical computers,” Chow explained.

From Barron's Jan. 29, 2026

Speaking to BBC Radio 4's Today Programme, head of the Metropolitan Police Sir Mark Rowley acknowledged the government had a "difficult problem to fix" on prison overcrowding.

From BBC May 28, 2025

If scientists could find a way to create specific mutations to break the protein interaction, it could be a lead on a future vaccine — but it is a difficult problem to solve, Shah said.

From Salon Feb. 3, 2025

When I’d finished, he laced his fingers as if he were contemplating a difficult problem.

From "Educated" by Tara Westover




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