vexed question
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To call this a vexed question is putting it mildly.
From Salon ● Sep. 15, 2026
A similar query arises when the author comes to the vexed question of how, and if, a diarist’s confidential work should be preserved.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 6, 2026
Those recommendations would cover "identifying and expanding sources of funding" - referring to the vexed question of which countries should pay into the new fund.
From Reuters ● Nov. 19, 2022
There is also the vexed question of what kind of security guarantees should be offered to encourage private investment in the rebuilding.
From New York Times ● Sep. 7, 2022
How long shall it be before the citizens of North Carolina shall have the privilege of expressing, at the ballot-box, their true sentiments with regard to this vexed question?
From The Impending Crisis of the South How to Meet It by Hinton Rowan Helper
