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A significant amount of storefronts stand vacant, and complaints about the intractability of problems facing businesses due to a large unhoused population have gone unabated.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 27, 2024

Shae McCrystal, a professor of labour law at the University of Sydney, said the strikes would not necessarily be seen as evidence of intractability.

From Reuters • Sep. 13, 2023

As a veteran of this field, I am struck, not by the intractability of high C-section rates but by how much low-hanging fruit exists.

From Scientific American • Jul. 21, 2023

Edmonds’ lawsuit, however, said she “could not use Mister Murphy as a service dog due to his intractability, lack of proper training, and unreliable temperament.”

From Seattle Times • Jun. 11, 2023

The depth and apparent intractability of the problem became much clearer during the debates surrounding the drafting and ratification of the Constitution.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis