in a dilemma

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So as they meet in an emergency session after the verdict, party leaders are in a dilemma.

From BBC • Mar. 31, 2025

“Kim Jong Un is in a dilemma, a really huge dilemma,” said Lim Eul-chul, a professor at Kyungnam University’s Institute for Far Eastern Studies in Seoul.

From Seattle Times • May 16, 2022

The Bible was always Larry S. Buford’s guiding light, but it put the one-time Motown singer-songwriter in a dilemma, when he found himself defending his South Los Angeles neighborhood from encroaching development.

From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2022

Approved last month, this loosely worded schedule is already being challenged as opposing forces leave the rate-setting Governing Council in a dilemma.

From Reuters • Apr. 13, 2022

He was in a dilemma, and he couldn't see his way out of it.

From In Strange Company A Story of Chili and the Southern Seas by Boothby, Guy Newell