hot potato
Example Sentences
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“I don’t know if he felt it was a hot potato or what.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026
She compared the work to a game of hot potato.
From Salon ● Apr. 6, 2026
Now she is being entrusted with a true political hot potato.
From BBC ● Aug. 31, 2023
Until then, they seem destined to stay a transit hot potato, passed in bursts from one private owner to another.
From Slate ● Aug. 9, 2023
He tosses it to Alyssa like it’s a hot potato.
From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman
