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Recent Examples of mire
Noun
McDonald made her entrance after a couple of hours, resplendent in a crimson Christian Siriano gown, the mire of Rose well and scrubbed off. Christopher Barnard, Vogue, 20 Dec. 2024 Related article As France sinks into the political mire, Macron must be kicking himself A further snap election is not possible because the current parliament is required to sit until June, one year after the last vote. Rob Picheta, CNN, 5 Dec. 2024
Verb
For Erickson, the lead up to Season 2 isn’t as mired in uncertainty as when his show premiered back in 2022. Proma Khosla, IndieWire, 15 Jan. 2025 Others fear getting mired in gridlock and burning alive in their cars. Sonja Sharp, Los Angeles Times, 11 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for mire 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mire
Noun
  • The fires have been lousy for wildlife as well as humans: Biologists were forced to rescue hundreds of endangered steelhead trout from the Santa Monica Mountains, before a storm arrived to bury them in a post-fire slurry of mud.
    Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 4 Feb. 2025
  • Divers faced intense mud and near-zero visibility, despite the aircraft resting in only a few feet of water.
    Alaa Elassar, CNN, 2 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Moreover, after the fire died, researchers at Moss Landing Marine Laboratories found high concentrations of toxic heavy metals in the nearby mudflats and marshes.
    Dan Walters, The Mercury News, 1 Feb. 2025
  • Generally, the rich networks of plant life on Earth — from California’s coastal scrublands and marshes to the Amazon rainforest to the Sahara Desert — sequester carbon away from the atmosphere in their limbs, trunks and leaves.
    Noah Haggerty, Los Angeles Times, 28 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • That is the predicament Leicester have found themselves in for the last three seasons.
    Rob Tanner, The Athletic, 4 Feb. 2025
  • Was That a 900 or 1080 on the Halfpipe? X Games Can Now Ask A.I. Image The predicament of Yitzhak Horn embodied the conflict that many feel on the Israeli left.
    Patrick Kingsley, New York Times, 21 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • Wear gloves while cleaning or handling chemicals (such as formaldehyde) that could cause reactions or staining in the nails. Perform regular maintenance on manicures.
    Jenny Berg, Allure, 27 Jan. 2025
  • After slicing and staining their samples, the researchers then slid them under a microscope to measure their growth rings, as well as their blue rings.
    Sam Walters, Discover Magazine, 22 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • The report also found that Santa Barbara County failed to thoroughly empty the existing basins before the disaster, drastically reducing their capacity to trap debris.
    Rong-Gong Lin II, Los Angeles Times, 7 Feb. 2025
  • For Minnesota, that means cold air masses remain trapped in northern Canada, leading to warmer and drier conditions in the state on average.
    Mohamaed Ibrahim, Twin Cities, 6 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Underneath, a swamp of flavors: pork debris (the meat that falls off the roast and settles at the bottom of the pan; seems to be a Louisiana thing), cheesy grits, caramelized onions, and garlic.
    David Hudnall, Kansas City Star, 6 Feb. 2025
  • One shopper wrote that the boots kept their feet dry and warm during two full days of hiking through snow, swamp, and mud.
    Olivia Young, Travel + Leisure, 5 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • In the 15-second teaser, the actor can be seen wearing a classic tuxedo, offering to open a jar of pickles for the wrestler struggling to open the lid.
    Carly Thomas, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 Jan. 2025
  • Jars of free housemade pickles have become customer favorites as well.
    Benjy Egel, Sacramento Bee, 25 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • Sure, the Blackhawks could throw $15 million a season at Mikko Rantanen or Mitch Marner this summer, or muck their way through another miserable season and hope that Kirill Kaprizov is available and willing in 2026.
    Mark Lazerus, The Athletic, 17 Jan. 2025
  • Instead of merely mucking it up, Vancouver began to muck its way into the game.
    Thomas Drance, The Athletic, 8 Jan. 2025

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