slippery slope

Example Sentences

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“It becomes a very slippery slope.”

From The Wall Street Journal

Changing the messaging on safe sleep would be a “slippery slope,” said Deanne Tilton Durfee, executive director of the Inter-Agency Council on Child Abuse and Neglect, which runs L.A.

From Los Angeles Times

So Roz carefully picked her way up the slippery slope, while Brightbill fluttered along beside her.

From Literature

Liverpool MP Paula Barker warned of a "slippery slope when safety concerns are ignored" at football stadiums, referencing the Hillsborough disaster.

From BBC

"Ninety-seven innocent men, women and children lost their lives. We have safety advisory groups for a reason, and it's a slippery slope when safety concerns are ignored, and I believe unprecedented for a government to try to overturn such advice."

From BBC