can of worms

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One of the theater’s more prominent sociopaths gets a makeover in “Hedda,” director Nia DaCosta’s reimagining of “Hedda Gabler,” with an approach that opens up the play—and an interpretive can of worms.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 28, 2025

Mistakes, yes – but honest ones, only for the emergence of the Coote video to reopen a very large can of worms, presenting a crisis for Webb and PGMOL.

From BBC • Nov. 12, 2024

X gives blue-check verification to anyone willing to pay for its premium services; this has opened a can of worms, especially among pop culture and nostalgia accounts.

From Slate • Sep. 1, 2024

That’s a can of worms for future parasite research.

From Science Magazine • May 7, 2024

It seemed to me we ought to have brought some poles along, and a can of worms, considering our catch.

From "A Long Way from Chicago" by Richard Peck