Sentence examples for dire dilemmas from inspiring English sources

The three-year old Syrian crisis presents dire dilemmas for Palestinians in the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT) and in refugee camps across the Middle East.

Indeed, had America's war critics been listened to; had its healthcare advocates been heard; had its environmentalists been acknowledged; had its opponents to greed, imperialism and corporatism been respected, you, Mr. Obama, our new President, wouldn't face the dire dilemmas you're facing right now.

A terrible dilemma ensues.

Thousands of scientists recently participated in a Millennium Ecosystem Assessment that outlined our current environmental dilemma, but the report's dire message made very little impact.

Resolving the innovation dilemma is key to avoiding that dire outcome.

Brain-scanning experiments show that when a volunteer is faced with a moral dilemma (such as a runaway railway trolley approaching a set of points, with dire consequences whichever way he throws those points) his emotional centres are not involved in the decision.

Dilemmas, dilemmas.

So far, so dire.

Conditions remain dire.

The consequences were dire.

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