slippery slope
Example Sentences
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Admittedly, answering emails on the weekend can be a slippery slope.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 18, 2026
Hamilton feared a slippery slope toward rule by the people, not the propertied, threatening the development of capitalism.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 13, 2025
For others, keeping secrets at all feels like a slippery slope.
From Slate • Sep. 10, 2025
That could be a slippery slope, one that would make the world’s game less local and more global.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 24, 2025
Meanwhile, the column of soldiers and horses poured down the slippery slope.
From "In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse" by Joseph Marshall III
