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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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Recent Examples of morass
Iraq was daily reminding voters of the unmet promises of an invasion that was supposed to be a liberation and the end of an existential threat from weapons of mass destruction, but had turned into a morass that was grinding up a lot of America’s best and brightest.
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Chris Stirewalt, The Hill, 5 Dec. 2025
Apart from the moral morass and human cost of America’s foreign military misadventures, there is the lasting economic damage of the wars of which Cheney was such an avid advocate.
—Ben Wedeman, CNN Money, 5 Nov. 2025
The melancholy truth is that things have sunk into a morass of demoralization and low standards, with journalism inhabiting the poverty sector among the disciplines, and this at a time when communications nationally and internationally have reached an apex of urgency and complexity.
—David Wingrave, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
The 16-track project is a long time coming for Recoechi, a Chicago spitter who came up in the city’s open mic scene before falling into the morass of the streets for a time.
—Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 30 Sep. 2025
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Chris Stirewalt, The Hill, 5 Dec. 2025
Apart from the moral morass and human cost of America’s foreign military misadventures, there is the lasting economic damage of the wars of which Cheney was such an avid advocate.
—Ben Wedeman, CNN Money, 5 Nov. 2025
The melancholy truth is that things have sunk into a morass of demoralization and low standards, with journalism inhabiting the poverty sector among the disciplines, and this at a time when communications nationally and internationally have reached an apex of urgency and complexity.
—David Wingrave, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
The 16-track project is a long time coming for Recoechi, a Chicago spitter who came up in the city’s open mic scene before falling into the morass of the streets for a time.
—Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 30 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for morass
Noun
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His mind is a tangle of occult connections, a rat king of red thread.—
Hari Kunzru,
Harpers Magazine,
27 Jan. 2026
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One order of cioppino allegedly feeds two people but could sustain a family of four, packed with exclusively shellfish, including a tangle of Dungeness crab legs, squid tentacles, and petite shrimp.—
Becky Duffett,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
27 Jan. 2026
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Wetlands in the area are also home to Everglades snail kites, which hunt for apple snails in freshwater marshes, and other rare species that once inhabited vast wet prairies drained for highways and neighborhoods.—
Jenny Staletovich,
Miami Herald,
24 Jan. 2026
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But most tule marshes in California are now lost to development.—
Don Sweeney,
Sacbee.com,
21 Jan. 2026
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Surplus models represent both an opportunity and a potential trap for consumers looking to secure a bargain on a new vehicle, and brokers urged treading carefully.—
Aldo Svaldi,
Denver Post,
1 Feb. 2026
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Be sure to clean the lint trap.—
Sarah Lyon,
The Spruce,
1 Feb. 2026
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As part of a biosphere reserve, the river wetlands offer super birdwatching, while Rancho Mil Ecotourism Ranch offers full hookup RV camping and guest cottages.—
Joe Yogerst,
Forbes.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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The Okavango Delta is one of those places, an enigmatic wetland that disappears into the Kalahari Desert and is home to the world’s largest remaining elephant population — a wilderness beyond comparison.—
Lizz Schumer,
PEOPLE,
29 Jan. 2026
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The agents’ varied use of cameras on duty raises a potential legal quagmire on how to preserve or share footage of encounters – and even raises the possibility of agents manipulating footage, experts said.—
Isabelle Chapman,
CNN Money,
21 Jan. 2026
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But these occupations soon became bloody quagmires, with hundreds of military and tens of thousands of civilian casualties.—
Mo Rocca,
CBS News,
11 Jan. 2026
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There must be someone in that backbiting swamp that is Hollywood who isn’t a Brooks fan, but such a person is not to be found here.—
Rick Kogan,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Jan. 2026
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The crab-eating frog (Fejervarya cancrivora) lives in mangroves, coastal swamps and estuaries across Southeast Asia.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
22 Jan. 2026
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Turned to music, his body emerges from the ditch and now the dust is beautiful, a labyrinth of intersecting crossroads.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Jan. 2026
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To get to campus, parents must shepherd their children through a concrete labyrinth, past auto body shops and steel manufacturers.—
Christopher Buchanan,
Los Angeles Times,
27 Jan. 2026
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The result is a sector doing critical, often life-saving work while operating on financial quicksand.—
Cat Ward,
Forbes.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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But the quicksand flowed back as soon as the backpacker shoveled it away, Marshall said.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
11 Dec. 2025
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“Morass.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/morass. Accessed 3 Feb. 2026.
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