slippery slope
Example Sentences
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Understandably, GM CEO Mary Barra said Tuesday External link that Carney’s move was “a very slippery slope.”
From Barron's
“It becomes a very slippery slope.”
Changing the messaging on safe sleep would be a “slippery slope,” said Deanne Tilton Durfee, executive director of the Inter-Agency Council on Child Abuse and Neglect, which runs L.A.
From Los Angeles Times
So Roz carefully picked her way up the slippery slope, while Brightbill fluttered along beside her.
From Literature
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Liverpool MP Paula Barker warned of a "slippery slope when safety concerns are ignored" at football stadiums, referencing the Hillsborough disaster.
From BBC
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