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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Its chicken salad scoop options include the Olivia’s Old South (sweet pickles and egg), Jalapeño Holly (with jalapeños), Nutty Nanna (with pecans and cashews), and Barbie Q.

— Noelle Alviz-Gransee, Kansas City Star, 14 Sep. 2026
Fried potato and cheese pierogies topped with brisket, masala barbecue, pickles, street corn and more.

— Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of pickles

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Like the genre itself, the final season’s lingering dilemmas aren’t unheard of, but the way they’re explored is unique, creative, and insightful.

— Ben Travers, IndieWire, 10 Sep. 2026
The show also posed sci-fi ideas, such as the potential dilemmas of time travel and encountering new and strange life forms.

— Mandalit del Barco, NPR, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of dilemmas

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On the screen, in a series of daredevil adventures, the actor had extricated himself from a hundred impossible predicaments.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2026
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

Definition of predicaments

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At the resort, there’s a host of activities and amenities, including four golf courses with 10-18 holes each, bass fishing, axe throwing, pickleball, and more.

— Megan duBois, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2026
Instead of etching holes directly into the semiconductor, researchers patterned a silicon dioxide layer and then covered it with epitaxial semiconductor.

— Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 5 Sep. 2026

Definition of holes

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Stories — real or not — circulated in the 19th and early 20th centuries of White people using Black children as bait while hunting in Florida’s swamps.

— Matt Baker, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026
Black rat snakes occupy an expansive range of habitats, from swamps and marshes to forests and fields.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 3 Sep. 2026

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