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Recent Examples of dicey
That got dicey when at the end of a 12-yard reception in the second quarter, Ravens top wide receiver Zay Flowers injured his right knee.
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Zac Jackson, The Athletic, 4 Jan. 2025
They’re most easily seen from the Northern Hemisphere, but visibility can be dicey because of the cloudy weather conditions that often occur in early January.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 Dec. 2024
The Chiefs are up 29-10 after the extra point, and things are looking dicey for the Steelers.
—Rohan Nadkarni, NBC News, 25 Dec. 2024
The race ended up getting dicey in the final weeks for the conservative lawmaker.
—Al Weaver, The Hill, 6 Nov. 2024
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Zac Jackson, The Athletic, 4 Jan. 2025
They’re most easily seen from the Northern Hemisphere, but visibility can be dicey because of the cloudy weather conditions that often occur in early January.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 Dec. 2024
The Chiefs are up 29-10 after the extra point, and things are looking dicey for the Steelers.
—Rohan Nadkarni, NBC News, 25 Dec. 2024
The race ended up getting dicey in the final weeks for the conservative lawmaker.
—Al Weaver, The Hill, 6 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dicey
Adjective
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The balloons provide critical data for computer models that forecasters use to predict the weather, raising the likelihood that projections will be more unreliable.—
Andrew Freedman,
CNN Money,
2 May 2025
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But times have changed, with tracking becoming more unreliable.—
Pamela McClintock,
HollywoodReporter,
29 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Star Toomey got a bad rap on Survivor 48, being pegged by other players as someone who was untrustworthy in the game.—
Dalton Ross,
EW.com,
1 May 2025
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There are security implications to AI running on untrustworthy data as well.—
Joe McKendrick,
Forbes,
21 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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But while the stock market is often a fickle friend, as are commodities such as oil and natural gas, wheat and corn, part of what was so shocking in 2022 was the simultaneous slump in government and corporate bonds, which proved as undependable as stocks.—
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CNBC,
18 Feb. 2025
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Food, water and other resources would have to be shipped from home, at distances that make the supply frighteningly undependable.—
Michael Hiltzik,
Los Angeles Times,
16 Oct. 2024
Adjective
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In lieu of federal regulation, there was a haphazard patchwork of state and local laws surrounding certain foods pre-1906.—
Lauren Leffer,
Popular Science,
1 May 2025
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Others may be haphazard power grabs, or may amount to something more.—
Andrew Marantz,
New Yorker,
28 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Mother Nature is unpredictable, fickle, random at best.—
Jim Clash,
Forbes.com,
18 May 2025
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Even the title feels random: Keiji once bought Fuki a print of Auguste Renoir’s portrait of a child called Irene.—
Stephanie Bunbury,
Deadline,
17 May 2025
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Low-top variations of Air Jordan sneakers have historically been hit-or-miss with fans, but the Air Jordan 11 is usually an exception.—
Riley Jones,
Footwear News,
14 May 2025
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Under the new rules, his officers can now hold unauthorized migrants until federal officers pick them up, a hit-or-miss proposition in previous years.—
Patrik Jonsson,
Christian Science Monitor,
13 May 2025
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“Dicey.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dicey. Accessed 22 May. 2025.
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