most intractable
Example Sentences
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He soon began to hit Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass on some of the city’s most intractable problems, including street homelessness and the stagnating entertainment industry.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026
Given that AI uses a tremendous amount of energy and water, public servants should be applying it towards solving society’s most intractable problems, not creating racist tropes or belittling people for exercising their democratic rights.
From Salon • Nov. 29, 2025
Obama added, “I’ve sat across the table from some of the world’s most difficult leaders and wrestled with some of our most intractable problems. Nothing has prepared me for working with Larry David.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 10, 2025
Yet military issues have remained the most intractable area of tension between the two nations, and expectations for the meeting between the defense chiefs in Singapore were modest.
From New York Times • May 31, 2024
Of all the visual elements, color is undoubtedly the most expressive—as well as the most intractable.
From "History of Art, Volume 1" by H.W. Janson
