4
hole(noun, fix, difficulty, mess, bind)
4
lock(noun, bolt, padlock, latch)
4
plight(noun, trouble, change, difficulty, mess)
4
posture(noun, difficulty, mess, hardship, jam)
4
quandary(noun, trouble, change, difficulty, pain)
4
stand-off
4
stop(noun, verb, break, halt, relief)
4
stoppage
3
check(noun, stop, trouble, halt, difficulty)
3
crisis(noun, trouble, fix, difficulty, pain)
3
dead set(expression, idiom, difficulty)
3
difficulty(noun, fix, mess, situation, bind)
3
gridlock(noun, stop, halt, lapse, stoppage)
3
same
3
stand
3
strike
2
awkwardness(noun, trouble, difficulty, pain, struggle)
2
bring to
2
change(noun, trouble, mess, situation, pressure)
2
complexity(noun, difficulty, adversity, complication, intricacy)
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