tricky situation

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He’d also made a tricky situation downright fraught when he told reporters: “I presumed to come into this team competition with only 50% of my full potential.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 9, 2026

This is a tricky situation because you signed a pension contract that affects how you may claim Social Security, and that type of contract is not universal.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 31, 2026

Monika and Henry Byrne are in a tricky situation.

From BBC • Nov. 19, 2025

You can access a reaction from someone to get attention or to deflect in a tricky situation.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 4, 2024

A tricky situation needs to be resolved through a complex series of steps — and somehow the pilots fail to coordinate and miss one of them.

From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell