English in a Minute: Verbs to use with 'problem'

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  we all have problems, but are there any different ways to say that we have them?

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  We can face or encounter problems.

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  That just means that we have them, but it's a bit more dramatic.

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  The company has faced many problems this year.

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  I encountered many problems at university.

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  Now, if we're having lots of them and they just won't go away, we can be beset with problems or dogged by problems.

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  This project has been beset with problems since the start.

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  The trip has been dogged by technical problems.

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  If something causes problems, then it brings or poses them.

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  Studying too much brings its own problems.

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  You need a balance.

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  This new way of working is posing some problems.

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  Many things can bring or pose problems.

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  We face them, encounter them, and can even be beset with or dogged by them.

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