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hot potato

noun as in hazard

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Senior officials in Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett's government see the consulate issue as a political hot potato that could destabilize their unwieldy coalition.

From Axios

However, the site has been a political hot potato, with support for it swaying in response to local opposition and state and federal leadership.

It's now a political hot potato in the world of Web server hosts.

She came to school toting “shame-based food” like borscht, hot potato salad, and cotletten-and-ketchup sandwiches.

I think this was a preemptive move by the Pentagon to unload a political hot potato.

In that process, responsibility for the selection of Palin is the real hot potato.

Add an equal amount of freshly cooked hot potato that has been put through a potato ricer or mashed fine.

He did not seem to know what to do with it, and shifted it from one hand to another as though it were a hot potato.

He took up the book; but seeing the owner suddenly appear, he dropped it like a hot potato.

She'd drop old Tippengray like a hot potato and stick to me like one of those adhesive plasters that have holes in them.

He more than once went up to the fire for a hot potato, but each time the punch was offered him he wisely declined taking it.

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On this page you'll find 176 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to hot potato, such as: bone of contention, celebrated case, controversy, debate, grist for the gossip mill, and moot point.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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