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a source of many troubles; something that will lead to many problems
Their parents are understandably afraid of opening a pandora's box if they buy their oldest child a car.
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Recent Examples of pandora's box
The procedural vote yesterday was our effort to advance President Trump's important legislative agenda while disabling a discharge petition that would force proxy voting and open a dangerous Pandora's box for the institution.
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Newsweek Staff, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Apr. 2025
Opening the Pandora's box will come at a heavy cost for the U.S. government and its allies.
—Ron Estes, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Mar. 2025
Advances in technology have opened an exciting possibility or perhaps stirred a Pandora's box.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 15 Oct. 2024
Meta's plan to generate synthetic content tailored to individual users — which attracted little notice this week amid a slew of product announcements — opens a whole new Pandora's box in an AI world already full of them.
—Ina Fried, Axios, 27 Sep. 2024
Both Cancer and Sagittarius possess a rich inner world similar to Pandora's box, each containing a wealth of complexities and unique attributes waiting to be explored.
—Valerie Mesa, Peoplemag, 25 June 2024
There is also the possibility that the AI worries that humans will open Pandora's box.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 5 May 2023
The police have had bomb disposal robots forever, but the Pandora's box of weaponizing them was originally opened by the Dallas Police Department.
—Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica, 30 Nov. 2022
Blonde was a philosophical Pandora's box.
—Arabelle Sicardi, Allure, 19 Nov. 2022
Newsweek Staff, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Apr. 2025
Opening the Pandora's box will come at a heavy cost for the U.S. government and its allies.
—Ron Estes, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Mar. 2025
Advances in technology have opened an exciting possibility or perhaps stirred a Pandora's box.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 15 Oct. 2024
Meta's plan to generate synthetic content tailored to individual users — which attracted little notice this week amid a slew of product announcements — opens a whole new Pandora's box in an AI world already full of them.
—Ina Fried, Axios, 27 Sep. 2024
Both Cancer and Sagittarius possess a rich inner world similar to Pandora's box, each containing a wealth of complexities and unique attributes waiting to be explored.
—Valerie Mesa, Peoplemag, 25 June 2024
There is also the possibility that the AI worries that humans will open Pandora's box.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 5 May 2023
The police have had bomb disposal robots forever, but the Pandora's box of weaponizing them was originally opened by the Dallas Police Department.
—Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica, 30 Nov. 2022
Blonde was a philosophical Pandora's box.
—Arabelle Sicardi, Allure, 19 Nov. 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pandora's box
Noun
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Since then, the defense has filed multiple pretrial motions, including their request to move the trial due to publicity.—
Sarah Rumpf-Whitten,
FOXNews.com,
27 June 2025
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Abrego Garcia’s lawyers filed an emergency request Thursday to a federal judge in Maryland to order the government to take Abrego Garcia to that state upon release, an arrangement that would prevent his deportation before trial.—
Ben Finley,
Fortune,
27 June 2025
Noun
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In an area that used to produce influential Catholic churchmen the way the Dodgers churned out Rookies of the Year, Gomez has amounted to the living equivalent of a hair shirt: a mode of piety that serves no one but the wearer.—
Gustavo Arellano,
Los Angeles Times,
19 June 2025
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And that gave birth to the worst Wolverine, which also gave birth to the idea that the suit is a hair shirt.—
Michael Ordoña,
Los Angeles Times,
25 Nov. 2024
Noun
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The discomfort of starting over became the foundation of everything that mattered afterward.—
Kirsten Ludwig,
Forbes.com,
25 June 2025
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Both require flexibility and patience, and sometimes dealing with the discomfort of bad weather, insects, heavy backpacks, malfunctioning equipment, and even boredom.—
Sarah Boon
June 25,
Literary Hub,
25 June 2025
Noun
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During cross-examination, Jane testified that Combs enjoyed foot rubs and episodes of his favorite show Dateline.—
Janelle Griffith,
People.com,
10 June 2025
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As noted above, there is a rub to connecting, enabling and activating networks.—
Barry Libert,
Forbes.com,
27 May 2025
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“Pandora's box.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pandora%27s%20box. Accessed 2 Jul. 2025.
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