predicament
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Manchester City were bought by Abu Dhabi investors in 2008 but, the document says, their predicament had become clear from the start of the 2009-10 season.
From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026
My advice for Mr. Bessent’s predicament: Dump tariffs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 20, 2026
I asked Wes Karger, co-founder and managing partner at TwinFocus, about your predicament.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 2, 2026
Andrea, a 32-year-old mother who declined to give her surname because she felt ashamed of her predicament, tried to reinvent herself by starting a catering business after the stationary shop where she worked shut down.
From Barron's ● Aug. 18, 2026
All in the same boat Means "all in the same predicament."
From "The City of Ember" by Jeanne DuPrau
Just as Murrin was trying to get the Supreme Court’s attention, the top Republican and Democratic lawmakers in the Senate Finance Committee unveiled a bill to fix predicaments like the one Murrin faced.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 25, 2026
There's plenty of evidence from his own track record that he won't give up - but history is less on his side when it comes to governments in predicaments like this.
From BBC ● May 9, 2026
Some faced worse storage predicaments than I did.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 11, 2026
When you’re barely making ends meet, you can only wish to be any degree well-off and, therefore, be open to watching why that life comes with its predicaments, mainly having to do with ego.
From Salon ● Apr. 11, 2025
Completely unarmed, the Florentines engaged ten thousand French soldiers to take Pisa: such a plan endangered them more than any of their previous predicaments.
From "The Prince" by Niccolò Machiavelli
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