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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But the order has also created a predicament for institutions and organizations that want to avoid the partisan fray.
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Jennifer Reed, New York Times, 26 Feb. 2025
Last year, consummate host Jimmy Kimmel found himself in a rather unprecedented predicament for an Oscar telecast: time to kill.
—Mikey O'Connell, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Feb. 2025
The Los Angeles Lakers are in one of the strangest predicaments in the entire .
—Matt Levine, Newsweek, 21 Feb. 2025
Now, there are clearly two ways out of this predicament for Leeds United.
—Jordan Campbell, The Athletic, 26 Feb. 2025
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Jennifer Reed, New York Times, 26 Feb. 2025
Last year, consummate host Jimmy Kimmel found himself in a rather unprecedented predicament for an Oscar telecast: time to kill.
—Mikey O'Connell, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Feb. 2025
The Los Angeles Lakers are in one of the strangest predicaments in the entire .
—Matt Levine, Newsweek, 21 Feb. 2025
Now, there are clearly two ways out of this predicament for Leeds United.
—Jordan Campbell, The Athletic, 26 Feb. 2025
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“Predicament.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/predicament. Accessed 22 Mar. 2025.
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