Collocations for predicament - noun

awful, awkward, dire, worse
Other companies are in an even worse predicament than ourselves.

current, present | financial, personal

be in, find yourself in, get into
Many young people find themselves in this predicament.

place sb in, put sb in | escape (from), get out of
How were we to escape this awful predicament?

solve

in a/the ~
Now I really wasin a dire predicament.