Thesaurus results for STICKY WICKETS

sticky wickets

noun

plural of sticky wicket

as in pickles

a difficult, puzzling, or embarrassing situation from which there is no easy escape with both sets of in-laws insisting that we spend Thanksgiving with them, we were on a sticky wicket indeed

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Recent Examples of sticky wickets Of philosophy’s many sticky wickets, consciousness is perhaps the most perplexing. — Kevin Dickinson, Big Think, 20 Aug. 2025

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Pickle Souvenirs The pickles are great, of course, but the real reason to make a visit to the Pickle Parlor is to shop all of the fun pickle products on offer.

— Jenna Sims, Southern Living, 5 Aug. 2026
Layer roll bottoms with ham, pickles, pork, and cheese; fold fillings to fit buns as needed.

— Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 Aug. 2026

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Aemond, too, for that matter, while Daemon’s arrogance continues to get Team Black into all sorts of predicaments.

— Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026
Rather than bridging shortfalls, both Seattle and Washington now face more difficult fiscal predicaments, Joblon said.

— Aldo Svaldi, Denver Post, 18 May 2026

Definition of predicaments

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Hossler was leading until a 30-minute delay because of storms, and returned to three-putt from 30 feet for bogey on the par-3 16th hole, ending his streak of 31 holes without a bogey.

— ABC News, ABC News, 8 Aug. 2026
Eagle has filed permit applications for a planned pre-feasibility drilling campaign that includes 47 drill holes covering roughly 27,000 feet.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of holes

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But bad ideas are like those Hollywood horror movies in which monsters always reemerge from the swamps to terrorize us again.

— Steve Forbes, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026
This member of the Colubridae family of snakes is found in mangrove swamps and tropical lowland forests from the Malay Peninsula to the Philippines.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 6 Aug. 2026

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