slippery slope
Example Sentences
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Admittedly, answering emails on the weekend can be a slippery slope.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 18, 2026
In Israel Hayom, military columnist Yoav Limor describes the firefight near Rafah as "a warning", adding: "If Israel fails to establish tough and clear rules vis-à-vis Hamas it could find itself on a slippery slope."
From BBC • Oct. 20, 2025
Hamilton feared a slippery slope toward rule by the people, not the propertied, threatening the development of capitalism.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 13, 2025
For others, keeping secrets at all feels like a slippery slope.
From Slate • Sep. 10, 2025
Insurgent capitalism frightened the government of North Korea, which fretted publicly about a slippery slope to regime change and catastrophe.
From "Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West" by Blaine Harden
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