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That question — the deepest and most vexed issue posed by the theory — is still the subject of arguments a century old.
EXPERIMENTS SPELL DOOM FOR DECADES-OLD EXPLANATION OF QUANTUM WEIRDNESSPHILIP BALLOCTOBER 20, 2022QUANTA MAGAZINESo in the spirit of embracing and exploring our current state of deeply vexed uncertainty, the Vox Book Club is going to spend November reading Susan Choi’s wicked and vexing Trust Exercise.
LEAN INTO UNCERTAINTY WITH TRUST EXERCISE, THE VOX BOOK CLUB’S NOVEMBER PICKCONSTANCE GRADYOCTOBER 30, 2020VOXIts record is largely that of battles and sieges, of the brave adventure of discovery and the vexed slaughter of the nations.
THE UNSOLVED RIDDLE OF SOCIAL JUSTICESTEPHEN LEACOCKHe felt vexed with himself for his lapse from good manners, yet hardly able to account for it.
THREE MORE JOHN SILENCE STORIESALGERNON BLACKWOODShe felt vexed with her mother, vexed with her husband, vexed on all sides; and she took refuge in her fatigue and was silent.
ELSTER'S FOLLYMRS. HENRY WOODI was vexed that the woman of the party wore a dress evidently of French fashion: it spoiled the unity of the groupe.
JOURNAL OF A VOYAGE TO BRAZILMARIA GRAHAMShe stamped her foot prettily, imperiously, vexed at my refusal to go out of that weird place the way I had entered.
VALLEY OF THE CROENLEE TARBELLHe has often been vexed, and puzzled as well as vexed, at one great discord that has been sent upon the world.
A CURSORY HISTORY OF SWEARINGJULIAN SHARMANShe jist looked at ye wi' her big black e'en sae vexed-like and faraway lookin', an' never spoke hardly.
THE UNDERWORLDJAMES C. WELSHAbout bedtime it fell a-raining, and the house being all open at top, it vexed me; but there was no help for it.
DIARY OF SAMUEL PEPYS, COMPLETESAMUEL PEPYSWORDS RELATED TO VEXED
- afraid
- agitated
- alarmed
- all nerves
- anguished
- anxious
- apprehensive
- bothered
- constrained
- discomposed
- dismayed
- disquieted
- disturbed
- edgy
- fearful
- fidgety
- fretful
- harassed
- ill at ease
- impatient
- in turmoil
- insecure
- irascible
- irritable
- jittery
- jumpy
- nervous
- on edge
- on the qui vive
- palpitant
- peevish
- perplexed
- perturbed
- precarious
- restive
- restless
- shaken
- shaky
- strained
- suspicious
- tense
- tormented
- troubled
- uncomfortable
- unquiet
- unsettled
- unstable
- upset
- vexed
- worried
- wrung
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