in a quandary
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Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, facing higher borrowing costs, is in a quandary as to how to lower it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 20, 2026
That silence left the lower courts in a quandary: Should they follow binding precedent that renders the firings illegal?
From Slate ● Jul. 24, 2025
Her family were also left in a quandary when her son on the Welsh border was expected to work for his Bristol employer, despite rules in Wales preventing that sort of travel.
From BBC ● Feb. 26, 2024
Now, Plotkin is in a quandary about what to do with the pile of merchandise he can’t even bear to look at anymore.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 8, 2023
In trying to deal with Ebright, Pocock found himself in a quandary.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
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