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as in tangle
something that catches and holds
advised against becoming involved in that country's civil war, warning that escape from that morass might prove nigh impossible
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as in marsh
spongy land saturated or partially covered with water
the distracted driver had driven his car off the road and into a morass
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Recent Examples of morass
That failure is symbolized most starkly in the mute dissolution of his own group, formed to help save Chicago from its pension morass but which instead silently acquiesced in making that threat markedly worse.
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The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 12 Aug. 2025
As to The Naked Gun and especially Happy Gilmore 2, both of these new films are driving through the morass of media content with a lot of years on their tire treads.
—Howard Homonoff, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2025
There have been so many years when the morass of the conference could barely compete with teams in similar positions out west.
—Jared Weiss, New York Times, 8 July 2025
Mortgage morass Contemplate sky-high pricing, plus the interest-rate morass that springtime buyers have had to wade through.
—Jonathan Lansner, Oc Register, 20 June 2025
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The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 12 Aug. 2025
As to The Naked Gun and especially Happy Gilmore 2, both of these new films are driving through the morass of media content with a lot of years on their tire treads.
—Howard Homonoff, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2025
There have been so many years when the morass of the conference could barely compete with teams in similar positions out west.
—Jared Weiss, New York Times, 8 July 2025
Mortgage morass Contemplate sky-high pricing, plus the interest-rate morass that springtime buyers have had to wade through.
—Jonathan Lansner, Oc Register, 20 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for morass
Noun
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There are piles of rubble and tangles of cable.—
Jack Lang,
New York Times,
11 Oct. 2025
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When that happens, the neuronal structure that tau supports can destabilize in ways that contribute to the formation of tangles.—
Robert Martone,
Scientific American,
10 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Hovering blue flames that flicker over bogs and marshes have inspired ghostly folktales for centuries.—
Mindy Weisberger,
CNN Money,
8 Oct. 2025
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Coastal cities have spent the centuries reclaiming land by filling in marshes.—
Sarah Botstein,
The Atlantic,
8 Oct. 2025
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GahnSmith is joined by Jay Frandsen, a Parks ecosystem scientist conducting water surveys and checking camera traps along the journey.—
Chloe Berge,
AFAR Media,
15 Oct. 2025
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Even experienced users can fall for these traps.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
14 Oct. 2025
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So much for draining the swamp.—
Veronique De Rugy,
Oc Register,
17 Oct. 2025
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And while the experiments show the presence of microlightning between bubbles, the glow was not reproduced at a level that would be seen in a swamp.—
Mindy Weisberger,
CNN Money,
8 Oct. 2025
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But underlying that drumbeat is a quagmire of epic proportions.—
Jackie Wattles,
CNN Money,
12 Oct. 2025
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Among the many conservatives who support Israel, there is a concern that America could become entangled in a quagmire in Iran.—
Jordan King,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Sep. 2025
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Nataliia made a pastry swan to celebrate her grandparents, whose surname translates to the name of a wetland bird.—
Brian Moylan,
Vulture,
10 Oct. 2025
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These solitary, hulking creatures are protected by conservation efforts, and to see them among the wetlands and grasses is a spell-binding experience.—
Marion Miller,
Travel + Leisure,
10 Oct. 2025
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The Agua Hedionda Lagoon Foundation is also part of this Haunted Corn Maze, which turns the strawberry fields into a terrifying labyrinth.—
Abby Hamblin,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
16 Oct. 2025
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Gurba constructs a labyrinth of language where California poppies, childhood witchcraft and feminist rage bloom side by side.—
Ana Cristina Frías Cabrera,
USA Today,
8 Oct. 2025
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The trick works too on Dratch, who once feared monsters under her bed, and Oswalt, who jokes about quicksand being his biggest worry.—
Dave Quinn,
PEOPLE,
29 Sep. 2025
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The novel is set in 1984, but the plot keeps sliding backward into the sixties, in woozy reveries that engulf Zoyd like quicksand.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
26 Sep. 2025
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“Morass.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/morass. Accessed 18 Oct. 2025.
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