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
He was fired in 2022 for leaking proprietary data but all understood the Pandora’s box he opened by suggesting a Google large language model was conscious.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 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
At other times spraying, while reasonably effective against the target insect, has let loose a whole Pandora’s box of destructive pests that had never previously been abundant enough to cause trouble.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
