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To cut the Far Eastern Gordian knot, Tokyo will have to temporarily shelve its territorial issues with Russia and separate them from peace talks.
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Joshua W. Walker, Foreign Affairs, 15 Dec. 2016
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
The Queen, having held out the olive branch for so long, was now determined to cut the marital Gordian knot.
—Simon Perry, Peoplemag, 18 Nov. 2022
Can new Prime Minister Rishi Sunak cut the Gordian knot?
—Ned Temko, The Christian Science Monitor, 26 Oct. 2022
Also the cutouts on Dolores’s dress, which looked like a lamé Gordian knot, were not too flattering.
—Brian Moylan, Vulture, 9 May 2022
The situation is complex, global in nature, and increasingly seen as the Gordian knot at the center of global defense for the two most advanced military nations on the planet.
—Forbes, 6 Dec. 2021
Joshua W. Walker, Foreign Affairs, 15 Dec. 2016
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
The Queen, having held out the olive branch for so long, was now determined to cut the marital Gordian knot.
—Simon Perry, Peoplemag, 18 Nov. 2022
Can new Prime Minister Rishi Sunak cut the Gordian knot?
—Ned Temko, The Christian Science Monitor, 26 Oct. 2022
Also the cutouts on Dolores’s dress, which looked like a lamé Gordian knot, were not too flattering.
—Brian Moylan, Vulture, 9 May 2022
The situation is complex, global in nature, and increasingly seen as the Gordian knot at the center of global defense for the two most advanced military nations on the planet.
—Forbes, 6 Dec. 2021
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