as in dilemma
a difficult, puzzling, or embarrassing situation from which there is no easy escape
if you had told the truth in the first place, we wouldn't be in this predicament
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As the sun rises on 2025—at least in the parts of the country where there is January sunlight—America's basic predicament has become clearer.
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Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 24 Dec. 2024
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The avalanche center’s decision to pull back from Seeley Lake is a result of the recent budget and staffing predicament within the National Forest Service.
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Their predicament remained the same in 1989, when Jim Gardner became the first Republican Lt. Governor elected in the 20th century, and the Democratic majority promptly stripped the office of virtually all power over shepherding legislation through the state Senate.
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Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 24 Dec. 2024
Postecoglou wants more people to sympathise with their predicament.
—Jay Harris, The Athletic, 23 Dec. 2024
Just Recorded One of the Largest In-Bounds Avalanches in Its History
Extreme Skier Greg Hill Goes Deep on Risk and Adrenaline in His New Book
The avalanche center’s decision to pull back from Seeley Lake is a result of the recent budget and staffing predicament within the National Forest Service.
—Frederick Dreier, Outside Online, 23 Dec. 2024
Their predicament remained the same in 1989, when Jim Gardner became the first Republican Lt. Governor elected in the 20th century, and the Democratic majority promptly stripped the office of virtually all power over shepherding legislation through the state Senate.
—Christopher Cooper / Made By History, TIME, 11 Dec. 2024
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