Pandora's box
Example Sentences
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Samsung and SK Hynix’s mind-boggling earnings and bonuses have opened something of a Pandora’s box anyway.
From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026
Not thankful: All the hand-wringing and apocalyptic soothsaying about how artificial intelligence is a Pandora’s box that will steal our jobs and ultimately spell our doom.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 26, 2025
"Vietnam opened a Pandora's box," says another Thai trade official.
From BBC • Jul. 31, 2025
It opens up a whole Pandora's box, which, to me, as an actor and as a storyteller, that's what you want when you're doing a project.
From Salon • Dec. 5, 2023
At other times spraying, while reasonably effective against the target insect, has let loose a whole Pandora’s box of destructive pests that had never previously been abundant enough to cause trouble.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
