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noun

• a difficult problem

• a coarse sieve (as for gravel)

verb

• pierce with many holes

• set a difficult problem or riddle

• separate with a riddle, as grain from chaff

• spread or diffuse through

• speak in riddles

• explain a riddle

42%6 Consists of sieve tubes and sieve cells
noun

• (botany) tissue that conducts synthesized food substances (e.g., from leaves) to parts where needed; consists primarily of sieve tubes

29%13 A pattern in which the solution to a problem creates another problem, leading back to the original problem
noun

• one trouble leads to another that aggravates the first

• an argument that assumes that which is to be proved

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