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
Remove tofu from pickle juice, and pat dry; discard pickle juice.
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Gretchen McKay, Twin Cities, 26 Mar. 2026
Executives noticed continued chatter about the flavor on social media, and Megan Thee Stallion was such a big fan that she was spotted in public combining Flamin Hot’ Cheetos with actual pickles.
—Brian Steinberg, Variety, 26 Mar. 2026
The week-long sale is live and our readers have been busy saving on everything from emotional support pickles to digital calendars.
—Kasey Caminiti, USA Today, 26 Mar. 2026
So, given the resemblance, why weren’t the Jam in a pickle?
—Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 22 Mar. 2026
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Gretchen McKay, Twin Cities, 26 Mar. 2026
Executives noticed continued chatter about the flavor on social media, and Megan Thee Stallion was such a big fan that she was spotted in public combining Flamin Hot’ Cheetos with actual pickles.
—Brian Steinberg, Variety, 26 Mar. 2026
The week-long sale is live and our readers have been busy saving on everything from emotional support pickles to digital calendars.
—Kasey Caminiti, USA Today, 26 Mar. 2026
So, given the resemblance, why weren’t the Jam in a pickle?
—Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 22 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pickle
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Lee said financial pressure on cities has contributed to DART’s predicament this year, and simply moving money around won’t help.—
Lilly Kersh,
Dallas Morning News,
28 Mar. 2026
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Councilmember Kent Lee said this winter that the dire predicament facing the city’s Transportation Department should have been the centerpiece of the campaign for a 2024 ballot measure to raise the city’s sales tax.—
David Garrick,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
28 Mar. 2026
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Readers send Miss Manners not only their table and party questions, but those involving the more complicated aspects of life - romance, work, family relationships, child-rearing, death - as well as philosophical and moral dilemmas.—
Judith Martin,
Dallas Morning News,
30 Mar. 2026
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For the present, we’re saddled with the unwieldy dilemma of there being eight major Democratic candidates and just two Republicans.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
30 Mar. 2026
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Just two weeks ago, Gary Woodland decided ot shared his struggles with post traumatic stress disorder, brought on after a September 2023 surgery, which involved a baseball-sized hole cut from the side of his head, to remove a brain lesion.—
Andrew McCarty,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 Mar. 2026
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Canales admits the loss of Robinson leaves a hole in the defensive line rotation.—
Mike Kaye
March 30,
Charlotte Observer,
30 Mar. 2026
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The tannins in coffee bind to non-heme iron (the type found in most supplements) and form complexes that are difficult for your body to absorb.—
Lauren Manaker,
SELF,
23 Mar. 2026
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The bread bakery that sits in the middle If stores aren’t willing to raise prices, that puts wholesalers in a bind.—
David Goldman,
CNN Money,
21 Mar. 2026
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All seagrasses descend from a group of flowering plants that includes the arums and water plantains, many of which grow in swamps or along streams.—
David George Haskell,
Big Think,
27 Mar. 2026
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During a livestream of an airboat tour of a Florida swamp, Peters and a friend repeatedly fired handguns at an alligator.—
Scottie Andrew,
CNN Money,
27 Mar. 2026
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After facing the minimum through three innings, Alcantara ran into his only real jam of the game in the fourth.—
Jordan McPherson,
Miami Herald,
28 Mar. 2026
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The song using her TikTok sound has over 13,000 videos of people re-creating the dance, including those twins who love Crumbl cookies, the Dallas Cowboy Cheerleaders, and someone who loves to pop and lock and jam and break.—
Alejandra Gularte,
Vulture,
27 Mar. 2026
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“Pickle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pickle. Accessed 2 Apr. 2026.
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