problem
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City hall told AFP, when asked about the garbage problem, that there were "no operational failures", pointing instead to many residents' lack of civic responsibility.
From Barron's ● Sep. 15, 2026
“It is a pretty stiff penalty. You’ve got a problem, just pay it off and get rid of it,” Durbin said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026
"Your biggest problem is if you swim into them. You don't want to get stung by a lion's mane."
From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026
It was perhaps an “unreasonable hope” that energy markets could get around the problem caused by the war by just moving away from the Strait of Hormuz, he said.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 14, 2026
Ninety percent of their problem would be over … maybe seventy-five percent.
From "Storm Runners" by Roland Smith
These are sent to an organisation when a coroner identifies problems which, if not dealt with, could lead to further deaths.
From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026
The department said Abbott used temporary but inadequate fixes to try to solve the problems.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026
But Champagne is convinced that those problems are now in the past and officials in his government "understand now that speed and skill are what's needed to seize this golden opportunity."
From Barron's ● Sep. 14, 2026
Strong earnings revisions have helped to propel stocks higher this year — but with the next meaningful earnings reports months away, the lack of fresh good news could also create problems.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 14, 2026
If we have no big problems, we should reach New York City sometime next month.
From "The (Mostly) True Story of Cleopatra's Needle" by Dan Gutman
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