predicament
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The methods they produced—careful, adversarial, institutionally embedded, historically tested—are, for that very reason, more directly relevant to our current predicament than any amount of algorithmic benchmarking.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026
After the split, McCartney even likened his predicament to astronauts returning from the Moon.
From BBC • May 27, 2026
Bass is in a similar predicament, with a majority of voters viewing her unfavorably.
From Los Angeles Times • May 27, 2026
Punch's predicament sparked huge interest online, spawning a devoted fanbase under the hashtag #HangInTherePunch.
From Barron's • May 18, 2026
About the other Witch, who found the children in the forest and brought them to safety, not knowing what horrors had delivered them into this predicament in the first place.
From "The Girl Who Drank the Moon" by Kelly Barnhill
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