as in predicament
a difficult, puzzling, or embarrassing situation from which there is no easy escape
well, this is a bit of a pickle we've gotten ourselves into
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Recent Examples of pickle
Food offerings can include turkey legs, giant pickles, ale and mocktails.
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Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
28 June 2026
Your leaf feeding, and eventually fruit feeding, pests are almost certain to be pickle or melon worms.
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Tom MacCubbin,
The Orlando Sentinel,
27 June 2026
Both point out that pickle juice is high in sodium; infrequently or in small doses, that’s fine, but if consumed excessively, pickle juice can pretty quickly put you beyond the daily amount of sodium health experts recommend that people consume.
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Chantelle Lee,
Time,
26 June 2026
Using the same mayo, mustard, and supermarket pickles over and over can get pretty dull.
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Hannah Agran,
Midwest Living,
26 June 2026
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Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
28 June 2026
Your leaf feeding, and eventually fruit feeding, pests are almost certain to be pickle or melon worms.
—
Tom MacCubbin,
The Orlando Sentinel,
27 June 2026
Both point out that pickle juice is high in sodium; infrequently or in small doses, that’s fine, but if consumed excessively, pickle juice can pretty quickly put you beyond the daily amount of sodium health experts recommend that people consume.
—
Chantelle Lee,
Time,
26 June 2026
Using the same mayo, mustard, and supermarket pickles over and over can get pretty dull.
—
Hannah Agran,
Midwest Living,
26 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for pickle
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pickle
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The upshot of Yale’s report, which is by far the most self-critical of the three, is that administrators bear much of the responsibility for higher education’s current predicament.
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What to read next Once the initial excitement of weightlessness has worn off, the kids realize the true extent of their predicament.
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Perhaps every story in which the characters are fundamentally unable to change their lives is subject to this same dilemma.
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Casa Amor, as a concept, is traditionally structured like a prisoner’s dilemma, with neither the main villa nor Casa Islanders aware of what their counterparts are doing while they’re separated.
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The crash also resulted in a large hole in the side of the vessel.
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The piece has seven holes for customization, and it’s designed to be worn at the hips or waist.
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Each of those cases put the council in a bind.
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But facing an already high rate of inflation, the Fed is in a bind, said Cutsinger of FAU.
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Air quality officials also recommend using an air purifier if available and avoiding the use of whole-house fans or swamp coolers that can draw outdoor air inside.
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For millions of years between 350 and 280 million years ago (about 30 million years before the first dinosaurs), these croc-like animals ruled the rivers, swamps, and lakes of the ancient world.
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Crawford also doubled to lead off the sixth, but Chandler worked his way out of that jam, striking out both Turner and Kyle Schwarber, then retiring Harper on a soft grounder to second.
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Others may step in when a package jams, a label fails to scan or a pallet needs human attention.
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“Pickle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pickle. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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