as in predicament
a difficult, puzzling, or embarrassing situation from which there is no easy escape
well, this is a bit of a pickle we've gotten ourselves into
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Recent Examples of pickle
Food offerings can include turkey legs, giant pickles, ale and mocktails.
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Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
28 June 2026
Your leaf feeding, and eventually fruit feeding, pests are almost certain to be pickle or melon worms.
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Tom MacCubbin,
The Orlando Sentinel,
27 June 2026
Both point out that pickle juice is high in sodium; infrequently or in small doses, that’s fine, but if consumed excessively, pickle juice can pretty quickly put you beyond the daily amount of sodium health experts recommend that people consume.
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Chantelle Lee,
Time,
26 June 2026
Using the same mayo, mustard, and supermarket pickles over and over can get pretty dull.
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Hannah Agran,
Midwest Living,
26 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for pickle
Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
28 June 2026
Your leaf feeding, and eventually fruit feeding, pests are almost certain to be pickle or melon worms.
—
Tom MacCubbin,
The Orlando Sentinel,
27 June 2026
Both point out that pickle juice is high in sodium; infrequently or in small doses, that’s fine, but if consumed excessively, pickle juice can pretty quickly put you beyond the daily amount of sodium health experts recommend that people consume.
—
Chantelle Lee,
Time,
26 June 2026
Using the same mayo, mustard, and supermarket pickles over and over can get pretty dull.
—
Hannah Agran,
Midwest Living,
26 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for pickle
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pickle
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The combination of Olise’s footwork and Mbappé’s speed creates a don’t-know-where-to-turn predicament for France’s opponents.
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Potential romantic entanglement aside, these two have seriously different perspectives on Paula’s predicament.
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Deciding whether to include a second job on your resume is a common dilemma, as hiring managers often disagree on such details.
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As open source models become more capable, governments are going to face a real dilemma about what to do about them.
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Mozeliak said the Angels should not consider a trade proposal in isolation, without considering how to flex their major-market muscles to fill whatever hole a trade might create.
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The difference between these two measurements gives the exciton binding energy, a key quantity that determines how strongly the electron and hole remain bound together.
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Perhaps the most significant bind Albania’s government finds itself in over the project is the country’s relationship with the European Union.
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Bats in a bind before births Before giving the bats the boot last year, the city didn’t build an alternative roosting habitat, which would have been challenging given the substantial size of the colony.
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As whole house fans and swamp coolers can suck additional pollutants inside, the department recommends using air purifiers or air conditioners as alternatives when possible.
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Some of the most important pollinator plants in Connecticut include bee balm, buttonbush, columbine, geranium, goldenrod, highbush blueberry, New England aster, New Jersey tea and swamp milkweed.
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Crawford also doubled to lead off the sixth, but Chandler worked his way out of that jam, striking out both Turner and Kyle Schwarber, then retiring Harper on a soft grounder to second.
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Others may step in when a package jams, a label fails to scan or a pallet needs human attention.
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“Pickle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pickle. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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