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Angharad Rogers, Cynon Taf's director of housing and communities, said food poverty was a growing problem for tenants.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
“The hardest part is having to solve that problem over and over again,” said Mitchell, who works for a nonprofit in suburban Chicago.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
To mitigate this problem, researchers adjust the data using the demographic data derived from the decennial census, a process that would be impossible without the race and ethnicity question.
From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026
The problem was that existing planet formation theories suggested a large planet should not have been able to form so quickly, especially at such a great distance from its star.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 17, 2026
Brie locks eyes with Dad, and I have the prickly-hot feeling I get when I don’t know right away how to do a math problem or answer an essay question on a test.
From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison
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O'Neill has fixed many problems over the years, not just in his first trophy-laden spell but in his return to chaos last season.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
Although the child had significant health problems, she remained with her adoptive parents until she died at 8 years old.
From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026
Although many Gambians have chafed at his bid for a third term, he was seen as the country's most viable candidate until the recent electric problems.
From Barron's ● Sep. 17, 2026
No, technology didn’t create all the problems aboard the Truman—just as it didn’t aboard the Lincoln.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026
“There were problems Interchronological Rescues never wanted to talk about, never wanted the prospective adoptive parents to know about.”
From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
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