pickle

Example Sentences

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The Federal Reserve, which held rates steady following the conclusion of its Federal Open Market Committee meeting on Wednesday, is in a pickle, too.

From Barron's • Mar. 20, 2026

The erstwhile interim U.S. attorney, then, is in a pickle of his own making.

From Slate • Mar. 11, 2026

Alcaraz had treatment to both thighs and was also drinking pickle juice, but his movement improved as the match went on.

From BBC • Jan. 30, 2026

He has written about a college course devoted to Taylor Swift, a pickle mascot that went missing and retail workers who said they were tortured by Mariah Carey’s Christmas song.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 24, 2026

As he stirred with his stick, muttering curses into his stained white beard, he was thrown into a hysterical passion by Francie asking for a pickle from the bottom of the vat.

From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith