slippery slope
Example Sentences
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It’s also a slippery slope: once you get used to having a little more cash in your bank account, it can be tempting to lower the percentage even further.
From MarketWatch • May 30, 2026
Belgium, the Netherlands and Canada have all fallen down that slippery slope.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026
“That is a slippery slope of theming that can go wrong really fast,” she adds.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 4, 2026
Liverpool MP Paula Barker warned of a "slippery slope when safety concerns are ignored" at football stadiums, referencing the Hillsborough disaster.
From BBC • Oct. 20, 2025
Insurgent capitalism frightened the government of North Korea, which fretted publicly about a slippery slope to regime change and catastrophe.
From "Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West" by Blaine Harden
