tricky

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Rachel Corsie: Turkey could be tricky for some, and I don't know if this is really a surprise but I think Japan could go beyond where their world ranking of 18 suggests.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

So that’s a tricky aspect of it that I didn’t expect.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026

“Cattle are tricky collateral,” said Ty Lucas, Chief Lending Officer for NebraskaLand Bank in North Platte, Neb., the heart of cattle country.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026

‘This is a tricky subject’: We’re in our 70s and our only child is 40.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 5, 2026

“This is the tricky part,” he says, showing me what he’s doing.

From "The Young Man and the Sea" by Rodman Philbrick