scylla

• Depending on the social background of your ward (affluent, white, middle-class wasp or impoverished, socially-excluded, ethnic minority) you can guide her between the scylla and charybdis of a life of hellish servitude in a loveless marriage or perhaps the path of a full-blown prostitute. —  Blather.net newsfeed
• He has already done enough for Linc (saving his life and getting him out of prison, having all the plans for when they are on the run, saving his nephew, and helping him get scylla). —  Prison Break Buff
• Politically veering between the scylla of Moscow and the charybdis of Washington, Poland must now attempt to steer her society away from the traps of materialism. —  Andrew Cusack
• Daffodils were springing up in the garden, crocuses were out, and the blue scylla. —  The Nest Builder
• Stooping low, she gathered a handful of blue scylla from the grass, Mary barely checking an exclamation at this ravishing of her beloved bulbs. —  The Nest Builder

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