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problem

[prob-luhm] / ˈprɒb ləm /




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I knew not speaking English wasn’t a problem for getting a job there.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026

The problem is doctors can't agree on what it is.

From BBC • Apr. 10, 2026

“We got no problem here, Houston,” Shearn said of a third outing.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2026

Here is what her children can do to resolve this tax problem.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 10, 2026

Grandpa knew that I wasn’t too good with figures, and he was all the time making up some kind of an old arithmetic problem for me to work on.

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls




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