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There’s just one problem: You can’t bake a certainty pie if your ingredients include I-don’t-know berries.
From Barron's • May 14, 2026
It didn’t help that Powell and his colleagues had just adopted a new overarching strategy designed for the problem of the prior decade: a chronically weak economy.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026
Some shots didn’t fall for the Sparks, but the perimeter defense was the primary problem.
From Los Angeles Times • May 14, 2026
The fundamental problem is that the nominal 50-50 energy split between internal combustion and electrical power with the current engine architecture does not work without major compromises.
From BBC • May 14, 2026
Primitive is fine, Jonathan thought, as long as there wasn’t a problem.
From "Earthquake Terror" by Peg Kehret
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Academic Vocabulary: Core Tier 2 Words, List 1
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