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
The menu is tight, just roast chicken shiitake-ginger sauce and fried chicken with cucumber-radish pickles.
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Scott Hocker, TheWeek, 16 Mar. 2026
The beef for their popular burgers comes from a farm in North Stonington, the cheese from Vermont, the rolls are house made and so are the pickles.
—Pamela McLoughlin, Hartford Courant, 16 Mar. 2026
How To Harvest Dill Seeds Dill seeds can be used to make pickles, spice blends, stews, and more.
—Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 15 Mar. 2026
Many popular influencers have been filming themselves tending flower gardens, canning pickles, and baking bread—usually to promote slower living and the benefits that come with it.
—Erica Jackson Curran, Parents, 15 Mar. 2026
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Scott Hocker, TheWeek, 16 Mar. 2026
The beef for their popular burgers comes from a farm in North Stonington, the cheese from Vermont, the rolls are house made and so are the pickles.
—Pamela McLoughlin, Hartford Courant, 16 Mar. 2026
How To Harvest Dill Seeds Dill seeds can be used to make pickles, spice blends, stews, and more.
—Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 15 Mar. 2026
Many popular influencers have been filming themselves tending flower gardens, canning pickles, and baking bread—usually to promote slower living and the benefits that come with it.
—Erica Jackson Curran, Parents, 15 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pickle
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This is the current predicament of Pahlavi, whose royal charisma has never been more on the line.—
Azadeh Moaveni,
New Yorker,
22 Mar. 2026
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One thing the two men could agree on was that this whole predicament was Jimmy Buffett’s fault.—
Jack Crosbie,
Rolling Stone,
17 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,
23 Mar. 2026
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Conor Healy, director of research at surveillance research publication IPVM, said Khamenei’s killing illustrates a pressing security dilemma for governments seeking to quash dissent.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
23 Mar. 2026
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Florida overcame a 10-point first-half deficit and dug out of a 12-point hole after intermission on Sunday, but could not close out the Hawkeyes, who will face Nebraska on Thursday in Houston.—
Edgar Thompson,
The Orlando Sentinel,
23 Mar. 2026
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The burst of activity came as Earth was hit by a complex wave of solar energy, delivering a one-two punch from multiple coronal mass ejections (CMEs) alongside a fast stream of solar wind from a coronal hole.—
Daisy Dobrijevic,
Space.com,
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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That tension has placed Kelly in an increasingly precarious bind.—
Kevin Dolak,
HollywoodReporter,
18 Mar. 2026
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The pygmy hippopotamus, once thought to surface in the swamps, is believed to be extinct.—
Noo Saro-Wiwa,
The Dial,
24 Mar. 2026
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There were previously more headstones before a 1940s landowner had many of them hauled away into the swamp.—
Patrick Connolly,
The Orlando Sentinel,
18 Mar. 2026
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With the bases loaded and one out, Leffew needed three pitches to get Auburn shortstop Brandon McCraine to ground into a double play that got the Longhorns out of the jam.—
Danny Davis,
Austin American Statesman,
20 Mar. 2026
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Some items sold by the brand include jams and honey, tea and wine, candles, chocolate and other similar products.—
Tracy Wright , Ashley Papa,
FOXNews.com,
20 Mar. 2026
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“Pickle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pickle. Accessed 27 Mar. 2026.
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