vexed question
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To call this a vexed question is putting it mildly.
From Salon ● Sep. 15, 2026
How to reopen the Strait of Hormuz is an especially vexed question.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 18, 2026
Given what happened, that would be a vexed question.
From BBC ● Mar. 30, 2025
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
This institution has proved in Louisville the solution of the vexed question as to the proper treatment of tramps and beggars.
From Steve P. Holcombe, the Converted Gambler His Life and Work by Rev. Gross Alexander
