as in dilemma
a situation in which one has to choose between two or more equally unsatisfactory choices
I'm in a quandary about whether I should try to repair my stereo or buy a new one, even though I don't have the money to do either
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For Jodi Picoult — the author of 29 books, including Mad Honey, Handle With Care, and My Sister’s Keeper — politics has always gone hand in hand with writing novels about moral quandaries and familial sagas.
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Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 18 Dec. 2024
All of the converging factors post a potential threat to Trump, whose policies otherwise, such as tax breaks and tariffs, are projected by some economists to add to the inflation quandary.
—Jeff Cox, CNBC, 11 Dec. 2024
Photographing one’s parents brings out these familiar, yet still fundamental, ethical quandaries.
—Max Norman, ARTnews.com, 9 Dec. 2024
We are left with the daunting — but in Snyder’s view, still doable — task of defeating the new Leviathan, restoring a saner governance focused on improving the lives of all citizens and finding solutions to the complex quandaries of our post-modern existence.
—Priscilla Hart, Baltimore Sun, 3 Dec. 2024
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Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 18 Dec. 2024
All of the converging factors post a potential threat to Trump, whose policies otherwise, such as tax breaks and tariffs, are projected by some economists to add to the inflation quandary.
—Jeff Cox, CNBC, 11 Dec. 2024
Photographing one’s parents brings out these familiar, yet still fundamental, ethical quandaries.
—Max Norman, ARTnews.com, 9 Dec. 2024
We are left with the daunting — but in Snyder’s view, still doable — task of defeating the new Leviathan, restoring a saner governance focused on improving the lives of all citizens and finding solutions to the complex quandaries of our post-modern existence.
—Priscilla Hart, Baltimore Sun, 3 Dec. 2024
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“Quandary.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/quandary. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.
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