conundrum

This Fourth of July conundrum was addressed all the way back in 1907, in the esteemed medical journal JAMA.
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The Burger Chef conundrum leads to another poignant exchange between the two lost souls.
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Compounding the conundrum further is the fact that many cellphones allow direct access to information in remote cloud storage.
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The result is a conundrum for the Republican Party where there is no clear middle ground.
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This conundrum is referred to with the awful acronym of DURC, for “dual use research of concern.”
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That was a conundrum, and Matt had no time to give to conundrums just then.
Motor Matt's Red Flyer, or, On the High Gear|Stanley R. Matthews
You surely remember the conundrum about a cold chop and a hot steak.
The Four Corners Abroad|Amy Ella Blanchard
The opinions of the day are often more clearly expressed in a conundrum than in an essay.
The Handbook of Conundrums|Edith B. Ordway
Is this a conundrum or blather, invented to hide your ignominy in a cloud of words?
The Invader|Margaret L. Woods
But there was no satisfactory answer to that conundrum and he went back to his books.
Center Rush Rowland|Ralph Henry Barbour

British Dictionary definitions for conundrum

conundrum

/ (kəˈnʌndrəm) /

noun

a riddle, esp one whose answer makes a play on words

a puzzling question or problem

Word Origin for conundrum

C16: of unknown origin

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