predicament

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About this time Eric Mervyn Lindsay, a scientist from Portadown who knew Öpik because the latter had examined his PhD while at Harvard, became aware of his predicament.

From BBC • Apr. 20, 2026

In both films, Byrne plays a down-on-her-luck mother trying to make the best of an impossible predicament, rallying against systemic failure while fighting to keep her head above water.

From Salon • Mar. 22, 2026

She’s hardly in a position to do much more than accept what’s going on as a grimmer version of her own dead-end predicament.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 6, 2026

But others seemed to relish the predicament now facing Bailey and tens of thousands of fellow Britons residing in what many saw as a responsibility-free playground.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 3, 2026

When he became a father, he no longer even thought much about his predicament as a gay man living a life that was in part a pretense.

From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove