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Recent Examples of dicey
Placing blame is dicey when both sides must own their share.
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Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 4 Jan. 2025
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.
—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
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Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 4 Jan. 2025
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.
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dicey
Adjective
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Minimizing unplanned downtime can deliver an impact that becomes amplified when external supply chains are unreliable.—
Ed Garibian,
Forbes.com,
25 June 2025
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Prosecutors in the case called for Clayton to be jailed for 10 years, but the defense argued for acquittal –– saying the woman’s testimony had many questions and was unreliable, according to NHK.—
Karina Tsui,
CNN Money,
25 June 2025
Adjective
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Two different state attorneys declared Lopez untrustworthy.—
Scott Maxwell,
The Orlando Sentinel,
13 June 2025
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People with basolateral amygdala damage tend to send much more than others, even to untrustworthy trustees who fail to reciprocate.—
Tobias Kalenscher,
Scientific American,
13 June 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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Both shows just burn through villains in the most haphazard and jarring way, never really allowing for any of them to build up into something truly threatening, let alone interesting enough to carry the mantle of Big Bad.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
22 June 2025
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That fact was evident not only in the casualties and hostage-taking during the massacre, but in the grinding, brutal, and haphazard war in Gaza that has followed.—
Yair Rosenberg,
The Atlantic,
13 June 2025
Adjective
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The prime time talent show is once again ruining our viewing of acts by constantly cutting in reaction shots of the audience, hosts and random people.—
Ticked Off,
The Orlando Sentinel,
4 July 2025
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Din Djarin, Boba Fett, and a random stormtrooper are all effectively evoked by these simple outfits.—
Fran Ruiz,
Space.com,
4 July 2025
Adjective
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Truthfully, a lot of the mixtapes were hit-or-miss studio session dumps with half-assed themes.—
Alphonse Pierre,
Pitchfork,
4 July 2025
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Not to mention the hit-or-miss vagaries of Electrify America chargers: one day everything works, the next day multiple chargers are down.—
Brooke Crothers,
Forbes.com,
29 June 2025
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“Dicey.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dicey. Accessed 11 Jul. 2025.
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