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Recent Examples of Gordian knot
This week thrust onto center stage the Gordian knot confronting Trump and congressional Republicans.
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Phil Mattingly, CNN Money, 22 May 2025
If there’s a way to cut this Gordian knot, Pelly hasn’t found it, but then, neither has anyone else.
—Elizabeth Lopatto, The Verge, 16 Jan. 2025
Nuclear power has gained momentum this year as a possible solution to this Gordian knot.
—Rob Toews, Forbes, 22 Dec. 2024
If there’s a way to cut this Gordian knot, Pelly hasn’t found it, but then, neither has anyone else.
—Elizabeth Lopatto, The Verge, 16 Jan. 2025
Nuclear power has gained momentum this year as a possible solution to this Gordian knot.
—Rob Toews, Forbes, 22 Dec. 2024
Then sit back and watch the Swifties unleash their fury and tear to shreds the Gordian knot that was once catastrophic global warming.
—Ivan Ehlers, The New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2023
Essentially, by plugging the equations of the Standard Model into powerful computers, researchers can numerically approximate the mess of hadronic blobs, cutting through the subatomic Gordian knot.
—Daniel Garisto, Scientific American, 10 Aug. 2023
Here's the thing: 1) Over two years of international pandemic have tied us all--students and teachers (and yes, bureaucrats)--into social and mental Gordian knots.
—Jacobina Martin, Washington Post, 21 Feb. 2023
Phil Mattingly, CNN Money, 22 May 2025
If there’s a way to cut this Gordian knot, Pelly hasn’t found it, but then, neither has anyone else.
—Elizabeth Lopatto, The Verge, 16 Jan. 2025
Nuclear power has gained momentum this year as a possible solution to this Gordian knot.
—Rob Toews, Forbes, 22 Dec. 2024
If there’s a way to cut this Gordian knot, Pelly hasn’t found it, but then, neither has anyone else.
—Elizabeth Lopatto, The Verge, 16 Jan. 2025
Nuclear power has gained momentum this year as a possible solution to this Gordian knot.
—Rob Toews, Forbes, 22 Dec. 2024
Then sit back and watch the Swifties unleash their fury and tear to shreds the Gordian knot that was once catastrophic global warming.
—Ivan Ehlers, The New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2023
Essentially, by plugging the equations of the Standard Model into powerful computers, researchers can numerically approximate the mess of hadronic blobs, cutting through the subatomic Gordian knot.
—Daniel Garisto, Scientific American, 10 Aug. 2023
Here's the thing: 1) Over two years of international pandemic have tied us all--students and teachers (and yes, bureaucrats)--into social and mental Gordian knots.
—Jacobina Martin, Washington Post, 21 Feb. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for Gordian knot
Noun
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But toward the end of the game, Minnesota forward Jaden McDaniels got into some hot water for a hard foul on the Thunder star.—
Matt Levine,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 May 2025
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Even tea and coffee bags release microplastics when immersed in hot water.—
Jack Knudson,
Discover Magazine,
21 May 2025
Noun
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This is a crux so many young hitters in the major leagues face.—
Cody Stavenhagen,
New York Times,
13 May 2025
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But Noyes has a new strategy to deal with the mental crux.—
Jake Stern,
Outside Online,
25 Apr. 2025
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To that, timestamps may prove a sticky wicket for a part of Baldoni’s argument against the Times.—
Dominic Patten,
Deadline,
17 Mar. 2025
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The other sticky wicket in the Paramount-Skydance merger is Trump’s current lawsuit against CBS News.—
Bethy Squires,
Vulture,
26 Feb. 2025
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“Gordian knot.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/Gordian%20knot. Accessed 30 May. 2025.
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