Gordian
Example Sentences
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If generations of diplomats viewed the post-Soviet challenges of Eastern Europe as a Gordian knot to be painstakingly unraveled, the president envisioned an easy fix: The borders matter less than the business.
The Gordian Knot Center launched in 2021 with funding from the Office of Naval Research.
From Washington Times
“If you’re in the middle of providing abortion pills, inevitably that in this country right now is going to become a Gordian knot for your company,” he said.
From Washington Post
Davies have argued, and in political and ideological terms, it's something of a Gordian knot that defies any facile analysis.
From Salon
It is tempting to cut through the Gordian knot of checks and balances and the inconvenient thing we call the rule of law by putting someone in charge to give orders and knock heads.
From Salon
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
