Synonyms for tightrope
ˈtaɪtˌroʊptightrope

Princeton's WordNet

1. tightropenoun

   tightly stretched rope or wire on which acrobats perform high above the ground

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1. Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen:

   This will probably be a bit like walking the tightrope, if we stand still along the way we could fall and if we go too fast it can go wrong. Therefore, we must take one cautious step at a time.

2. Judith Pohl.When Pohl:

   I've always felt like I've had to walk a tightrope with that, i've watched him enjoy a whole lot of success in the community, and it's hard.

3. Craig Singleton:

   China's leaders are walking a very difficult tightrope on Ukraine.

4. Edith Newbold Jones Wharton:

   Life is always a tightrope or a feather bed. Give me the tightrope.

5. Stan Bowman:

   When you’re in the moment, though, and you’re him, you do things for short-term reasons and you try to win, he’s rightfully so getting a lot of credit because he’s walking the tightrope that I walked for three or four years. ... It’s really hard.