Exigency
Quagmire
Quagmire noun - A difficult, puzzling, or embarrassing situation from which there is no easy escape.
Usage example: the party was once again facing its quadrennial quagmire: the candidate sufficiently liberal to win the nomination would be too liberal for the general election
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