dicey
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Last week, we asked you to tell us about your biggest money mistakes — and you opened up about everything from dicey stock-market bets to spending habits that got out of control.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 7, 2026
But the bill’s road to becoming law still looks dicey.
From Barron's • Mar. 11, 2026
The threat underscored the dicey environment for Netflix.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 27, 2026
"If you look back, when it gets dicey, he's not up for it," Wardley said of Dubois, who has faced accusations of folding too easily in his three stoppage defeats.
From BBC • Feb. 25, 2026
Fifteen minutes of dicey, fatiguing crampon work brought me safely to the bottom of the incline, where I easily located my pack, and another ten minutes after that I was in camp myself.
From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer
Vocabulary lists containing dicey
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