as in dilemma
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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By Harriet Marsden, The Week UK published 18 September 2024
A cricketing powerhouse for decades, Pakistan's national team have suddenly found themselves on a sticky wicket.
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Harriet Marsden, theweek, 18 Sep. 2024
Much of its lexicon sounds both unapproachable and, well, just weird: sticky wicket, googly, yorker, jaffa, daisy cutter, silly mid off, maiden over, tickle, nurdle, trundler, paddle scoop, popping crease, golden duck.
—Chris Heath, The Atlantic, 25 July 2024
While reforms have been proposed in the past under other leaders, they have gotten caught up in a sticky wicket of state bureaucracy.
—Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 20 June 2024
The situation is a sticky wicket, to use an old-fashioned term from the sport of cricket, for the countless interest groups that depend on money from the budget.
—Dan Walters, The Mercury News, 4 May 2024
In contrast, altering and editing an image can be a much more nuanced process that makes determining what part is from humans a sticky wicket.
—Drew McLellan, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2023
As with all questions of volcanic behaviour, the real sticky wicket is timing.
—Erik Klemetti, Discover Magazine, 13 June 2023
Ant Group are currently on a sticky wicket.
—Prathamesh Mulye, Quartz, 22 Mar. 2021
What is a sticky wicket is when partner is subordinate to the other.
—Jenna Reyes, BostonGlobe.com, 28 Jan. 2023
Harriet Marsden, theweek, 18 Sep. 2024
Much of its lexicon sounds both unapproachable and, well, just weird: sticky wicket, googly, yorker, jaffa, daisy cutter, silly mid off, maiden over, tickle, nurdle, trundler, paddle scoop, popping crease, golden duck.
—Chris Heath, The Atlantic, 25 July 2024
While reforms have been proposed in the past under other leaders, they have gotten caught up in a sticky wicket of state bureaucracy.
—Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 20 June 2024
The situation is a sticky wicket, to use an old-fashioned term from the sport of cricket, for the countless interest groups that depend on money from the budget.
—Dan Walters, The Mercury News, 4 May 2024
In contrast, altering and editing an image can be a much more nuanced process that makes determining what part is from humans a sticky wicket.
—Drew McLellan, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2023
As with all questions of volcanic behaviour, the real sticky wicket is timing.
—Erik Klemetti, Discover Magazine, 13 June 2023
Ant Group are currently on a sticky wicket.
—Prathamesh Mulye, Quartz, 22 Mar. 2021
What is a sticky wicket is when partner is subordinate to the other.
—Jenna Reyes, BostonGlobe.com, 28 Jan. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sticky wicket
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This raised an ethical dilemma: Does the AI’s loyalty lie with the user living with it or with the entity paying for it?Dor Skuler, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2024
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His performance offers a powerful reflection on journalists’ ethical dilemmas in moments of tragedy, underscoring the personal toll such events take on those tasked with telling the story.Clayton Davis, Variety, 29 Oct. 2024
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Advertisement The Rams, after all, overcame a similar predicament last season.Gary Klein, Los Angeles Times, 18 Oct. 2024
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Italy’s predicament speaks to a larger failure of international tax reform—DSTs were supposed to be stopgap measures until broader agreements could be reached on reallocating tax rights for multinational corporations.Andrew Leahey, Forbes, 9 Oct. 2024
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On the side is a plate with iceberg lettuce, a slice of tomato, a slice of red onion and a pickle along with a cup of Thousand Island dressing.Laurie Ochoa, Los Angeles Times, 26 Oct. 2024
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Key Background McDonald’s Quarter Pounder, one of the chain’s most popular burgers alongside the Big Mac, is 520 calories and contains a quarter pound 100% beef patty, American cheese, ketchup, pickle slices, onions and mustard.Antonio Pequeño IV, Forbes, 23 Oct. 2024
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When hanging the window, drill holes into studs in your wall so the window doesn't fall and break.Claire Hoppe Norgaard, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 Oct. 2024
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The intrigue: France is trying to plug its budget hole against a fraught backdrop.Courtenay Brown, Axios, 24 Oct. 2024
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Zelensky’s request for an invitation leaves NATO in a bind.Samya Kullab and Hanna Arhirova, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2024
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From reductions in absentee ballot boxes to limitations to casting an emergency ballot on Election Day, voters will have fewer options and will be in a bind if their schedules change at the last minute due to the 2021 passing of S.B. 202.Ivan Pereira, ABC News, 16 Oct. 2024
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The talk, given by Cabel Sasser of Panic at XOXO Fest 2024, was filled with silliness and deep dives down unexpected rabbit holes.Jay Peters, The Verge, 11 Oct. 2024
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If there’s a particular research rabbit hole you’re tempted to go down, Mercury’s transit through Scorpio begins on October 13 and will facilitate your foray into the unknown.Steph Koyfman, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Sep. 2024
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James Jordan’s body was discovered in a South Carolina swamp 11 days after the shooting, according to The Chicago Tribune.Sean Neumann, People.com, 17 Oct. 2024
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The second thing signaled by the massive ad buys is that crypto, which began as a movement to empower individuals fed up with banks and their allies in Washington D.C., is now happy to take its place in the swamp next to every other industry using money to buy political favors.BYAndrew Nusca, Fortune, 17 Oct. 2024
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