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Recent Examples of dicey
That got dicey when at the end of a 12-yard reception in the second quarter, Ravens top wide receiver Zay Flowers injured his right knee.
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Zac Jackson, The Athletic, 4 Jan. 2025
They’re most easily seen from the Northern Hemisphere, but visibility can be dicey because of the cloudy weather conditions that often occur in early January.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 Dec. 2024
The Chiefs are up 29-10 after the extra point, and things are looking dicey for the Steelers.
—Rohan Nadkarni, NBC News, 25 Dec. 2024
The race ended up getting dicey in the final weeks for the conservative lawmaker.
—Al Weaver, The Hill, 6 Nov. 2024
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Zac Jackson, The Athletic, 4 Jan. 2025
They’re most easily seen from the Northern Hemisphere, but visibility can be dicey because of the cloudy weather conditions that often occur in early January.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 Dec. 2024
The Chiefs are up 29-10 after the extra point, and things are looking dicey for the Steelers.
—Rohan Nadkarni, NBC News, 25 Dec. 2024
The race ended up getting dicey in the final weeks for the conservative lawmaker.
—Al Weaver, The Hill, 6 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dicey
Adjective
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All such theories, however, have appeared to be unreliable and speculative since any first strikes would have to contend with the risk of an enemy launch on warning as well as sufficient systems surviving for a devastating riposte.—
Lawrence D. Freedman,
Foreign Affairs,
14 Apr. 2025
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Some customers worry Crusoe’s cloud system is unreliable.—
Christopher Helman,
Forbes.com,
10 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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The suit also paints a clownish portrait of the entrepreneur, portraying him as pompous, shameless, and untrustworthy.—
Rachel Corbett,
Vulture,
16 Apr. 2025
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This acronym stands for All Women Are Like That and is used to promote the idea that all women are inherently untrustworthy or manipulative.—
Samantha Mann,
Parents,
8 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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But while the stock market is often a fickle friend, as are commodities such as oil and natural gas, wheat and corn, part of what was so shocking in 2022 was the simultaneous slump in government and corporate bonds, which proved as undependable as stocks.—
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CNBC,
18 Feb. 2025
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Food, water and other resources would have to be shipped from home, at distances that make the supply frighteningly undependable.—
Michael Hiltzik,
Los Angeles Times,
16 Oct. 2024
Adjective
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The mass arrests and roundups thus far have been so haphazard that there is a very real likelihood that innocent individuals have also been swept up and deported.—
Nisha Whitehead,
Oc Register,
28 Mar. 2025
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But swirling around it are immigration restrictions, headlong and haphazard reductions in Federal spending and a separate but related confidence shock weighing on consumer behavior.—
Michael Santoli,
CNBC,
22 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Nicki Minaj was reportedly the target of a random swatting attack by someone who told police there had been a shooting at her Hidden Hills home.—
Mackenzie Cummings-Grady,
Billboard,
10 Apr. 2025
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As such, The Studio is shrill and talky, its chaotic scenes sparked by random performers like Charlize Theron, Zac Efron, Olivia Wilde and Sarah Polley, all of whom want something from Remick.—
Peter Bart,
Deadline,
10 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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This season, though, has been hit-or-miss.—
Matt Webb Mitovich,
TVLine,
24 Mar. 2025
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Both are free agents along with a hit-or-miss group that includes Aaron Rodgers, Sam Darnold and Daniel Jones.—
Jeff Howe,
The Athletic,
10 Mar. 2025
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“Dicey.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dicey. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.
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