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sticky wicket



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"Now, that is proving more of a sticky wicket," she said.

From BBC May 6, 2025

Another sticky wicket for my husband and I: How well should the chores be done?

From Slate Jan. 2, 2019

The whole issue of 2018 estimated r.e. taxes paid in 2017 will be an extremely sticky wicket.

From New York Times Dec. 28, 2017

So it seems we’re in a real sticky wicket here: do you have to be unhappy to have meaning?

From Time Oct. 11, 2016

“My advice is to not get tangled up with the law to begin with. Once you do, it’s a sticky wicket, that’s for sure! Not easy to extricate oneself, har har.”

From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood




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