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[prob-luhm] / ˈprɒb ləm /




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Over a decade later, the New York Times thought the problem hadn’t been resolved, wondering whether we were living through a cultural “standstill.”

From Salon Aug. 29, 2026

That was the problem he ran into at this year’s Australian Open, when he outlasted Sinner in the semi only to run out of gas against Alcaraz in the final.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 29, 2026

This is hardly the first staffing problem for Collins.

From Slate Aug. 29, 2026

The problem is that, without photoreceptors, these surviving cells no longer receive the light signals needed to send visual information toward the brain.

From Science Daily Aug. 28, 2026

You’d recite or sing a song or work an arithmetic problem on the board – anything to show how you could speak up in public.

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck

Despite recent well-publicised problems around burst water mains, water leakage has actually been cut by 43% since 1989 according to Ofwat, the water regulatory body for England and Wales.

From BBC Aug. 29, 2026

Could subtle changes during sleep reveal vulnerability to Alzheimer's disease years before memory problems become noticeable?

From Science Daily Aug. 29, 2026

In a statement to The Times Friday, Bass said the problems at the property were addressed when they were brought to her attention.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 28, 2026

But these problems have one elegant solution: the parallel play vacation.

From Slate Aug. 28, 2026

By the emergency team’s calculations, they had at least a week before enough water would be lost to cause trouble, so they had focused on more pressing problems.

From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland




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