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difficult situation

NOUN
touchy situation
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"It starts to be a difficult situation to manage, and it takes away all their margin for policy," de Croo said.

From Barron's ● Oct. 15, 2026

The additional pressure of higher winter energy bills, he said, would make an already difficult situation even more challenging.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

“She taught me how to overcome a difficult situation with a positive attitude,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 20, 2026

"The economy is in the most difficult situation," Ukraine's Prime Minister Sergiy Koretsky said during the annual Yalta European Strategy forum in Kyiv.

From Barron's ● Sep. 12, 2026

In some thick grass at the edge of the path, the hare sat watching the difficult situation that was now developing.

From "The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa" by Alexander Mccall Smith




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