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| dilemma(noun, failure, predicament, knot, contradiction) | |
| quandary(noun, failure, predicament, knot, crunch) | |
| knot(noun, failure) | |
| standoff | |
| tie | |
| Catch-22(noun, failure) | |
| Pyrrhic victory(noun, losses) | |
| between a rock and a hard place(noun, expression, idiom, predicament, quandary) | |
| bind(predicament, quandary) | |
| contradiction | |
| crunch(noun, predicament, quandary, pickle) | |
| difficulty(noun, predicament, quandary, crunch, pickle) | |
| double bind(noun, failure) | |
| draw | |
| fix(noun, predicament, quandary) | |
| hole(noun, predicament, quandary) | |
| hot water(noun, expression, predicament, quandary, crunch) | |
| impasse(noun, predicament, stalemate, quandary) | |
| jam(noun, predicament, quandary) | |
| lose-lose(noun, failure) |
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