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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The meat from Kafi BBQ is locally sourced from halal farms and everything from the barbecue sauce, bread and pickles are made in-house at the restaurant.

— Maven Navarro, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 Aug. 2026
All of these have enough body and heft to stand up to the moisture from the pickles without turning watery in an hour or two.

— Shilpa Uskokovic, Bon Appetit Magazine, 20 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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Even a carriage horse at the foot of the ancient monument has joined in, sporting a brown bucket hat with holes cut for its ears.

— ABC News, ABC News, 23 Aug. 2026
Place the magnetic keys inside the frame’s hangers, then press it into the wall to create two perfect holes to add your hardware in exactly the right spot.

— Caley Sturgill, Southern Living, 22 Aug. 2026

Definition of holes

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Flash flooding swamps Henry County Aubrey Wright Commissioner Steve Dellinger said Henry County is probably looking at record rainfall and flooding.

— Jen Guadarrama, IndyStar, 13 Aug. 2026
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

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