as in dilemma
a difficult, puzzling, or embarrassing situation from which there is no easy escape
shoreline residents are finding themselves helplessly falling down a rabbit hole in their Sisyphean efforts to halt beach erosion
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Recent Examples of rabbit hole
Has doing the show and learning about the history behind your character, the influences that have come into creating her, sent you down any rabbit holes?
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Anna Moeslein, Glamour, 11 Aug. 2025
Then there’s this insane story of all these twists and turns and rabbit holes, which the true crime audience is interested in.
—Katie Campione, Deadline, 3 Aug. 2025
An unexpected revelation can send you down a rabbit hole.
—Usa Today, USA Today, 26 July 2025
There's a rabbit hole consuming enterprise AI budgets, and it's disguised as innovation.
—Stéphane Donzé, Forbes.com, 25 July 2025
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Anna Moeslein, Glamour, 11 Aug. 2025
Then there’s this insane story of all these twists and turns and rabbit holes, which the true crime audience is interested in.
—Katie Campione, Deadline, 3 Aug. 2025
An unexpected revelation can send you down a rabbit hole.
—Usa Today, USA Today, 26 July 2025
There's a rabbit hole consuming enterprise AI budgets, and it's disguised as innovation.
—Stéphane Donzé, Forbes.com, 25 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for rabbit hole
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rabbit hole
Noun
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Bigelow and screenwriter Noah Oppenheim construct a frighteningly plausible scenario in which a multitude of dilemmas—practical and personal, bureaucratic and existential—overlap in real time and at a mounting rate.—
Jill Goldsmith,
Deadline,
5 Aug. 2025
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Recent tours to the U.S. have been trickier, leaving them with the dilemma of whether sleep is really that important as kick-off times stretch into the early hours.—
Art de Roché,
New York Times,
31 July 2025
Noun
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This predicament, occurring just five months after the airline's emergence from bankruptcy, initiated a rally predominantly led by United Airlines stock (NASDAQ: UAL), which saw a 10% increase.—
Trefis Team,
Forbes.com,
13 Aug. 2025
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Witnesses recalled the woman’s behavior at the time of her predicament.—
David Chiu,
People.com,
6 Aug. 2025
Noun
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The sandwich is tiered with two goetta patties, lettuce, a special sauce (not tartar sauce) and pickles.—
Kaycee Sloan,
The Enquirer,
5 Aug. 2025
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An egg-salad sandwich, a plate of pickles, a bowl of matzo-ball soup, black coffee in a smallish mug: the restaurant trades not in innovation or excitement but in a throwback New York familiarity, the dining-room equivalent of a subway token.—
Helen Rosner,
New Yorker,
3 Aug. 2025
Noun
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One man describes the roof tiles on his home shattering and a hole opening up in the ceiling.—
Olivia B. Waxman,
Time,
4 Aug. 2025
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Fill the body with straw or dry grass, and tie off the arm and leg holes with twine to secure.—
Claire Hoppe Norgaard,
Better Homes & Gardens,
4 Aug. 2025
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In addition to the massive flight of capital from the country, the exodus of Russia’s tech professionals, and the disappearance of foreign direct investment, puts Putin in a bind.—
Time,
Time,
9 Aug. 2025
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Putting carmakers in a bind The most recent EPA rule about vehicle emissions was finalized in 2024.—
Alan Jenn,
The Conversation,
5 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Whole home fans and swamp coolers, which bring in air from outside, should be avoided unless there is no other means to keep cool.—
James Bickerton,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 Aug. 2025
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Instead, consider making a homemade air conditioner or swamp cooler.—
Cody Godwin,
USA Today,
30 July 2025
Noun
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Afterward, Carrie danced down her hallway and disappeared around the corner.—
Carson Blackwelder,
People.com,
15 Aug. 2025
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With a new generation of full-size pickups and SUVs around the corner, GM’s prospects should get brighter over the next four to five years.—
Mark Phelan,
USA Today,
15 Aug. 2025
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“Rabbit hole.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rabbit%20hole. Accessed 19 Aug. 2025.
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