as in dilemma
a difficult, puzzling, or embarrassing situation from which there is no easy escape
shoreline residents are finding themselves helplessly falling down a rabbit hole in their Sisyphean efforts to halt beach erosion
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Recent Examples of rabbit hole
Together the two enter a whirlwind romance sending them down the rabbit hole of drugs and depravity in Manhattan’s underworld.
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Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 20 Feb. 2025
The fall down the rabbit hole of overthinking often begins with perception.
—Dr. Terrie Hope, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2025
There are rabbit holes to go down on this particular topic and so many people peripherally involved wrote memoirs.
—Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Feb. 2025
Of course, not everyone who had these concerns went down the Q rabbit hole.
—Stephanie McNeal, Glamour, 31 Jan. 2025
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Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 20 Feb. 2025
The fall down the rabbit hole of overthinking often begins with perception.
—Dr. Terrie Hope, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2025
There are rabbit holes to go down on this particular topic and so many people peripherally involved wrote memoirs.
—Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Feb. 2025
Of course, not everyone who had these concerns went down the Q rabbit hole.
—Stephanie McNeal, Glamour, 31 Jan. 2025
See All Example Sentences for rabbit hole
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rabbit hole
Noun
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Listen to this article Ted Hotaling and his wife Keely Garden had a dilemma.—
Lori Riley,
Hartford Courant,
15 Mar. 2025
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In essence, that’s the most daunting dilemma of our times in college sports: how to construct rosters amid the relentless flux of the NIL/transfer portal/payday era.—
Vahe Gregorian,
Kansas City Star,
13 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Smith turns in an incredibly twisted, emotionally wrenching performance, and watching Riley’s terrifying predicament up close instills a further sense of emotional mystery about what may lie at the end of Ava’s journey.—
Siddhant Adlakha,
Variety,
12 Mar. 2025
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This lose-lose analogy aptly describes Florida’s predicament now that President Donald Trump and Gov. Ron DeSantis are clashing over who should be our next governor.—
Orlando Sentinel,
Orlando Sentinel,
8 Mar. 2025
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Zoom in: The star of Pittsburgh Regional Transit's new illustrated etiquette push is an anthropomorphic pickle seen distracting a bus driver, blowing smoke into a sentient sleeve of french fries and refusing to share a seat with a pierogi.—
Chrissy Suttles,
Axios,
14 Mar. 2025
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The new spicy spin on KFC's original chicken sandwich – a white-meat filet topped with pickles on a brioche bun – was introduced last month.—
Peter Burke,
Fox News,
11 Mar. 2025
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Fill the planting hole with garden soil, pressing the soil down gently with your hand.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
13 Mar. 2025
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To prevent wildfires under a red flag warning, follow these steps: If burning is allowed in your location, make sure all burn barrels are fitted with a weighted metal cover that has holes no bigger than 3/4 of an inch.—
STAR-TELEGRAM WEATHER BOT,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
13 Mar. 2025
Noun
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How Guano Sustained America’s Wars When the War of 1812 erupted, the U.S. found itself in a bind.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes,
20 Mar. 2025
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If Williams surprisingly transfers, UM would be in a bind.—
Barry Jackson,
Miami Herald,
17 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Enea turned to nature for a solution, planting 38 swamp cypresses (Taxodium distichum), each capable of extracting up to 800 liters of water per day.—
Nel-Olivia Waga,
Forbes,
10 Mar. 2025
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Herbs are good, if they’re allowed to flower, as are flowers like anise hyssop, purple coneflower and swamp milkweed.—
Elizabeth Weise,
USA TODAY,
8 Mar. 2025
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Elam was looked at to be a lockdown corner and showed flashes of that during his rookie season with the Bills.—
Faisal Kutty,
Newsweek,
12 Mar. 2025
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Pro Football Focus gave Hobbs an overall grade of 61.4 last season, which ranked 110th out of 223 corners.—
Rob Reischel,
Forbes,
12 Mar. 2025
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“Rabbit hole.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rabbit%20hole. Accessed 26 Mar. 2025.
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