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quandary

[kwon-duh-ree, -dree] / ˈkwɒn də ri, -dri /


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Narrow majorities support both of these proposals, creating a quandary for wealth tax supporters: ensuring their proposal receives the support of a majority of voters while also tamping down support for the competing efforts.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026

That is how Chris Adcock, 54, solved a kitchen quandary.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026

Jenner hates the paparazzi for invading her privacy but sees no moral quandary in collecting a check from Mark Zuckerberg, who wants to invade everyone’s privacy.

From Slate ● Aug. 5, 2026

Unlike Saturday, a review could not save Root, and England have a real quandary over how to counter-act Henry and New Zealand gloveman Tom Blundell.

From BBC ● Jun. 21, 2026

Yet we sang in church “Tata Nzolo”! Which means Father in Heaven or Father of Fish Bait depending on just how you sing it, and that pretty well summed up my quandary.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver

At this point the moral quandaries kick in, along with comparisons to Akira Kurosawa’s “High and Low” and Spike Lee’s remake, “Highest 2 Lowest.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

But what is “it”? One of the biggest quandaries when investigating the nature of consciousness is that no one can seem to even agree on what it is.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 24, 2026

So I put out a call: send me your Thanksgiving quandaries, your culinary existential crises, your “is this normal?” kitchen confessions.

From Salon ● Nov. 25, 2025

It may not have been enough to elevate him from the quandaries of politics or shield him from some of the failures of his career.

From BBC ● Dec. 27, 2024

Hugging quandaries aside, when I saw a boy in these clothes, I would have to walk up and say hi.

From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows




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