tricky
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These are tricky days for the American sports parent.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026
And then there are just simply words in the American dialect that can take me down, like “murderer” or “world,” sometimes “girl” is tricky.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026
Joining the pact could prove tricky for the UK and would require unanimous approval from all EU states.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
The grocer said average order value is higher for online shoppers when they use AI-powered online shopping assistants, helping the company nab a small win in the tricky world of AI economics.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026
It was like filling in a very tricky crossword.
From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield
Hardly one of his best-known films, “The Twelve Chairs” has proved one of the trickier titles for the Cinematheque to screen.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
Reliable data becomes trickier, however, once you start moving.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 9, 2026
Throw in that his first attempt to have a crack at changing the welfare system was rejected by his own MPs and the challenge got trickier still.
From BBC ● Jul. 1, 2026
Heeney's most pressing concern was a potential influenza outbreak, he said, describing it as one of the "trickier" viruses.
From Barron's ● Jun. 25, 2026
Landing the Jolly Roger ends up being trickier than I’d imagined.
From "Amari and the Night Brothers" by B.B. Alston
One of the trickiest parts about having an estranged child is dealing with estate planning.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 21, 2026
She says shorts are "the trickiest item to get right in a professional environment" and recommends tailored, longer shorts paired with a crisp shirt or lightweight blazer for both men and women.
From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026
The deeper mystery, one I’d still like explained, is how Early found the time to learn how to mimic Douglas Sirk’s sneaky sincerity, the trickiest of directorial tones.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 2026
The trickiest part may be settling on a share price -- the cost of one piece of ownership in the company when it first hits the market.
From Barron's ● May 17, 2026
The party was only three days away, and the trickiest part about it was figuring out what we were going to wear, how we were going to look.
From "When I Was the Greatest" by Jason Reynolds
