dilemma
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The choice of a less disruptive approach highlights the dilemma facing Treasury officials.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 6, 2026
They face a tricky dilemma because their moves can upset their customers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026
Your dilemma is less about whether you need Roth assets to fund your retirement, and more about whether converting some of those assets can improve your long-term tax position.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 2, 2026
Barcelona face striker dilemma - could they cope without one?
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
I thought Hannie would be the one person in this world who would understand my dilemma, who might even share my fear.
From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler
By the end, screenwriter Ana Nogueira tees up some compelling moral dilemmas about the ethics of revenge, but Gillespie’s direction fails to entertain them with the weight they deserve.
From Salon ● Jun. 27, 2026
Besides, D.C. could even offer the DNC a solution to what is otherwise sure to be a process full of hideous legal and political dilemmas.
From Slate ● May 26, 2026
These dilemmas that these people in the industry are going through, I wonder if you and I, if we were in that same position, how we would do it.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 21, 2026
The arguments playing out in Moerdijk echo wider dilemmas across the Netherlands.
From BBC ● Apr. 12, 2026
Students are encouraged to consider social problems and responses to ‘practical’ dilemmas in a modern world through which angels and devils no longer dance.
From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez
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