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
Avoid an acid overload of tart and tangy (pickles and citrus), a bold flavor competition, sweet and funky flavors colliding (fruity jams and aged cheeses), and a clash of spicy meats and cheeses with delicate fruits and accompaniments.
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Catharine Kaufman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Oct. 2025
Skyline Chili is offering its perfectly portable walking taco, Izzy's has the pickle on a stick and Graeter's will keep you cool with its black raspberry chip as well as the mashup with aforementioned Skyline.
—Keith Pandolfi, Cincinnati Enquirer, 10 Oct. 2025
Highlighting flavors of Appalachia, its menu includes peanut soup, black walnut pesto, watermelon salad, and pickle ice cream.
—Pat Tompkins, AFAR Media, 9 Oct. 2025
That product and the pickle juice shooters work similarly, targeting nerves that cause cramping instead of the muscle itself.
—Matt Barrows, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2025
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Catharine Kaufman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Oct. 2025
Skyline Chili is offering its perfectly portable walking taco, Izzy's has the pickle on a stick and Graeter's will keep you cool with its black raspberry chip as well as the mashup with aforementioned Skyline.
—Keith Pandolfi, Cincinnati Enquirer, 10 Oct. 2025
Highlighting flavors of Appalachia, its menu includes peanut soup, black walnut pesto, watermelon salad, and pickle ice cream.
—Pat Tompkins, AFAR Media, 9 Oct. 2025
That product and the pickle juice shooters work similarly, targeting nerves that cause cramping instead of the muscle itself.
—Matt Barrows, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pickle
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The work chronicles Pan Am’s predicament during the bombing of Pearl Harbor and the flying boat service the carrier had in the Pacific.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
21 Oct. 2025
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The city’s current trash predicament traces back to Measure B, a city ballot measure passed in 2022 that ended the decades-long practice of San Diego providing free trash service to single-family homes and many small townhome and apartment complexes.—
David Garrick,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
19 Oct. 2025
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With its iconic captains, philosophical dilemmas and unforgettable alien encounters, the Trek universe is rich with lore, logic, and a whole lot of technobabble.—
Kenna Hughes-Castleberry,
Space.com,
19 Oct. 2025
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Charles’ dilemma was one perhaps unique to royals.—
Sophie Tanno,
CNN Money,
18 Oct. 2025
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Buffalo’s forward depth has already been tested early in the season, and Danforth is a versatile player who helps the Sabres plug holes in the bottom six.—
Matthew Fairburn,
New York Times,
16 Oct. 2025
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When the Chicago rat hole went viral, Magle and his team considered how the mark was made.—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN Money,
16 Oct. 2025
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That high tax puts even the heirs in a bind.—
Lee Ying Shan,
CNBC,
19 Oct. 2025
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The organization was in a bureaucratic bind, and had to find a way to hold what should have been the second major of 2020 or risk financial peril.—
Matthew Futterman,
New York Times,
11 Oct. 2025
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So much for draining the swamp.—
Veronique De Rugy,
Oc Register,
17 Oct. 2025
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And while the experiments show the presence of microlightning between bubbles, the glow was not reproduced at a level that would be seen in a swamp.—
Mindy Weisberger,
CNN Money,
8 Oct. 2025
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His seventh-inning shot settled in the left-center bleachers and crushed the Brewers, who had finally chased him from the mound by getting two runners on in the top of the inning, only to go scoreless anyway when reliever Alex Vesia escaped the jam.—
Emma Burleigh,
Fortune,
18 Oct. 2025
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For the first time in the National League Championship Series, a Dodgers starter had to deal with … a jam.—
Jeff Fletcher,
Oc Register,
17 Oct. 2025
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“Pickle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pickle. Accessed 23 Oct. 2025.
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