as in trial
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
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
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
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
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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The brothers faced a few unsuccessful trials before achieving the final result.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
16 Mar. 2026
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While Parker was scheduled to face trial for the alleged murder of Thomas, court records show he had previously been found incompetent to stand trial in an earlier case.—
Jeff McDonald,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
15 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Four years later, an America-first cultural crackdown has freed the Met to cast off the hair shirt of reckoning and celebrate its diverse holdings in a spirit of defiance.—
Julian Lucas,
New Yorker,
30 June 2025
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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
Noun
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During the public hearing on Monday, Connecticut residents, as well as some Republican lawmakers, expressed discomfort with the idea that license plate readers could be used to track their vehicles and the vehicles of others.—
Sara Bedigian,
Hartford Courant,
11 Mar. 2026
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Mazur pitched three scoreless innings this spring and began feeling elbow discomfort last week and recently was examined by surgeon James Meister, who is performing the procedure.—
Barry Jackson,
Miami Herald,
11 Mar. 2026
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It can also be used for rubs, vinaigrettes, meats, and vegetables.—
Heather Jones,
Verywell Health,
11 Mar. 2026
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Both come with a light breading and a dry-rub seasoning packet for cooking.—
Sophia Beams,
Better Homes & Gardens,
9 Mar. 2026
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