Pandora's box
Example Sentences
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He likened the matter to a Pandora’s box, which “rarely closes” once it’s been opened.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 21, 2026
And coming from the field of disinformation in particular, A.I. is a Pandora’s box of yet-to-be-imagined evils.
From Slate ● Aug. 26, 2026
The Dodgers had opened Pandora’s box, and out would fly a lockout, a pall of smoke over their games, and a plague of locusts.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026
Eugene Rabinowitch, the first editor of the Bulletin, wrote about the Pandora’s box of technology that modern science would open.
From Salon ● Jun. 15, 2026
That night I kept thinking about Pandora's box.
From "Walk Two Moons" by Sharon Creech
