sticky wicket

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Recent Examples of sticky wicket Of philosophy’s many sticky wickets, consciousness is perhaps the most perplexing. Kevin Dickinson, Big Think, 20 Aug. 2025 To that, timestamps may prove a sticky wicket for a part of Baldoni’s argument against the Times. Dominic Patten, Deadline, 17 Mar. 2025 The other sticky wicket in the Paramount-Skydance merger is Trump’s current lawsuit against CBS News. Bethy Squires, Vulture, 26 Feb. 2025 That third spot is a sticky wicket for a team projected to be just outside the top five in the game. Eno Sarris, The Athletic, 7 Jan. 2025 By Harriet Marsden, The Week UK published 18 September 2024 A cricketing powerhouse for decades, Pakistan's national team have suddenly found themselves on a sticky wicket. Harriet Marsden, theweek, 18 Sep. 2024 Much of its lexicon sounds both unapproachable and, well, just weird: sticky wicket, googly, yorker, jaffa, daisy cutter, silly mid off, maiden over, tickle, nurdle, trundler, paddle scoop, popping crease, golden duck. Chris Heath, The Atlantic, 25 July 2024 While reforms have been proposed in the past under other leaders, they have gotten caught up in a sticky wicket of state bureaucracy. Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 20 June 2024 The situation is a sticky wicket, to use an old-fashioned term from the sport of cricket, for the countless interest groups that depend on money from the budget. Dan Walters, The Mercury News, 4 May 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sticky wicket
Noun
  • With its iconic captains, philosophical dilemmas and unforgettable alien encounters, the Trek universe is rich with lore, logic, and a whole lot of technobabble.
    Kenna Hughes-Castleberry, Space.com, 19 Oct. 2025
  • Charles’ dilemma was one perhaps unique to royals.
    Sophie Tanno, CNN Money, 18 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The work chronicles Pan Am’s predicament during the bombing of Pearl Harbor and the flying boat service the carrier had in the Pacific.
    Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 21 Oct. 2025
  • The city’s current trash predicament traces back to Measure B, a city ballot measure passed in 2022 that ended the decades-long practice of San Diego providing free trash service to single-family homes and many small townhome and apartment complexes.
    David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Remember when Tyreek Hill was drinking pickle juice during a 2020 Chiefs game?
    Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 20 Oct. 2025
  • Mixed with celery, red onions, peas, lemon juice and sweet pickles the pasta salad is delicious with just a few effortless ingredients.
    Sofia DiStefano, Charlotte Observer, 20 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Buffalo’s forward depth has already been tested early in the season, and Danforth is a versatile player who helps the Sabres plug holes in the bottom six.
    Matthew Fairburn, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
  • When the Chicago rat hole went viral, Magle and his team considered how the mark was made.
    Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 16 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • That high tax puts even the heirs in a bind.
    Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 19 Oct. 2025
  • The organization was in a bureaucratic bind, and had to find a way to hold what should have been the second major of 2020 or risk financial peril.
    Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The show stars Robinson as a guy who gets drawn into a rabbit hole after a workplace mishap.
    Rick Porter, HollywoodReporter, 16 Oct. 2025
  • As Leavitt leads me down the rabbit hole, the brothers exchange a look, and Matt half-jokingly asks Leavitt not to spoil the season.
    Eliana Dockterman, Time, 16 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • So much for draining the swamp.
    Veronique De Rugy, Oc Register, 17 Oct. 2025
  • And while the experiments show the presence of microlightning between bubbles, the glow was not reproduced at a level that would be seen in a swamp.
    Mindy Weisberger, CNN Money, 8 Oct. 2025

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“Sticky wicket.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sticky%20wicket. Accessed 24 Oct. 2025.

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