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in hot water

adjective as in behind the eight ball

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After the Senate vote on cutting off arms supplies, former Secretary of Transportation and rumored 2028 candidate Pete Buttigieg found himself in hot water after giving a notably vague response about the conflict and how he would have voted on the Sanders resolution.

From Salon

Coffee and tea drinking trends are changing particularly among younger generations, analysts say, and when combined with higher coffee prices and cost of living pressures in general, chains like Costa are in hot water.

From BBC

Though he did not provide additional details about her exit, Ortega recently landed in hot water for her repeated use of a slur for Chinese people — and often Asian people in general — after social media posts resurfaced online.

At times the choices have landed the Bank in hot water.

From BBC

An onstage graphic that claimed Israel was committing a genocide funded by the United States landed the band in hot water.

From Salon

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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