hot potato
Example Sentences
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Watson went on to admit this "hot potato" was difficult to address and his hope was that everyone was equal.
From BBC • Nov. 7, 2025
It's also a regressive approach similar to the hot potato tossing seen in very special episodes of 1980s and 1990s TV where reproductive choices were acknowledged but never discussed in detail.
From Salon • Aug. 20, 2023
Moreover, it would eliminate the game of political hot potato and put in place a single identifiable commissioner who would be responsible and accountable for the state of the sidewalks.
From Slate • Jul. 12, 2023
Greece’s foreign ministry made a ham-handed bid to get rid of the hot potato by sneaking Ocalan out of the country and trying to hide him in the Greek Embassy in Kenya.
From Seattle Times • May 31, 2023
I would slide right over the reporter’s question to drop into his lap a logical-extension hot potato for him.
From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey
