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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Recent Examples of predicament
Viewer Reactions People couldn't stop laughing at the cat's unfortunate predicament, and as of Thursday, the TikTok clip amassed over 2.2 million likes and 14,400 comments.
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Liz O'Connell, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 May 2025
Utkarsh is very good at pulling off this kind of annoyance at his predicament.
—Michael Schneider, Variety, 9 May 2025
The entire predicament prompts pertinent questions.
—Chandler Rome, New York Times, 22 Apr. 2025
Fey lays out a number of ways to deal with this predicament.
—Belinda Luscombe, Time, 9 May 2025
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Liz O'Connell, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 May 2025
Utkarsh is very good at pulling off this kind of annoyance at his predicament.
—Michael Schneider, Variety, 9 May 2025
The entire predicament prompts pertinent questions.
—Chandler Rome, New York Times, 22 Apr. 2025
Fey lays out a number of ways to deal with this predicament.
—Belinda Luscombe, Time, 9 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for predicament
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Many of Cuomo’s mayoral race opponents have condemned the spending, saying the PAC gives him an unfair advantage in the race and poses an ethical dilemma since many of its contributors have city government business interests.—
Chris Sommerfeldt,
New York Daily News,
27 May 2025
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Here are eight passages that capture the new pope’s thinking as a young scholar on leadership, authority and some of the church’s most pressing dilemmas.—
Ruth Graham,
New York Times,
22 May 2025
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With them, came pickles, tomato sauce and jammy eggs.—
Laurie Ochoa,
Los Angeles Times,
24 May 2025
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Subsequent clips show Bad Bunny threatening a bruised and boxer-clad Hank, and Regina King trying to help the unintentional accomplice out of the pickle that he’s suddenly found himself in.—
Emlyn Travis Published,
EW.com,
21 May 2025
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“Predicament.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/predicament. Accessed 2 Jun. 2025.
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