Thesaurus results for PREDICAMENTS

predicaments

noun

plural of predicament

as in dilemmas

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 predicaments Aemond, too, for that matter, while Daemon’s arrogance continues to get Team Black into all sorts of predicaments. — Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026 Rather than bridging shortfalls, both Seattle and Washington now face more difficult fiscal predicaments, Joblon said. — Aldo Svaldi, Denver Post, 18 May 2026 The madman strategy is for not-crazy leaders caught in adverse predicaments. — David Frum, The Atlantic, 8 Apr. 2026 Journeys that used to take entire seasons were being covered in single episodes, characters survived predicaments that once meant surefire death, and previously relevant factors like supplies, infrastructure, and alliances no longer mattered. — Tim Brinkhof, Big Think, 24 Mar. 2026 Victorian novels made good use of the predicaments of second and third sons, who had to become ministers or soldiers or schemers, and daughters who needed to be married off according to age. — Christine Smallwood, Harpers Magazine, 24 Mar. 2026 Winning from behind is not sustainable, and the predicaments in which Chelsea have found themselves this week point to other problems. — Liam Twomey, New York Times, 1 Feb. 2026 Rustin has slyly given her script a focus on women’s needs and feelings, a welcome departure for a genre that usually is more concerned about the men’s predicaments. — Matthew J. Palm, The Orlando Sentinel, 18 Jan. 2026 But this is just one of the many predicaments of writing memoir. — Literary Hub, 10 Dec. 2025

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The new strategies pose different dilemmas for college leaders.

— Michael T. Nietzel, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026
To have complex moral dilemmas for characters and situations within a narrative context.

— Marta Balaga, Variety, 6 Aug. 2026

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All of these have enough body and heft to stand up to the moisture from the pickles without turning watery in an hour or two.

— Shilpa Uskokovic, Bon Appetit Magazine, 20 Aug. 2026
Vegans can also get in on the fun combinations; the Big Mack is loaded with Impossible Burger, vegan mozzarella and Thousand Island dressing, pickles, white onion, iceberg lettuce and sesame seeds.

— Catherine Garcia, TheWeek, 18 Aug. 2026

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