1
as in stained
to make dirty
the sight of the standard, which had emerged from the battle mangled and mired, still stirred the soldiers' hearts
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2
as in trapped
to place in conflict or difficulties
the case has been mired in probate court for years
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Recent Examples of mired
After 118 plate appearances this season, Tatis is mired in the second-longest homerless streak of his career.
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Dennis Lin, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2026
Pohlman was the crew chief for only 10 races with Busch, who is mired in the worst slump of his two-decade career and ranked 27th in the points standings.
—ABC News, 27 Apr. 2026
Instead, Florida’s KidCare expansion has been mired in lawsuits and ongoing negotiations between the state and federal regulators.
—Daniel Chang, Miami Herald, 27 Apr. 2026
For DeVos, ownership will come with a learning curve, especially with his team currently mired in the middle of the pack.
—G.w. Allen, Robb Report, 26 Apr. 2026
And that was no small coincidence, not for a franchise coming off a 3-14 season and mired in the NFL's longest active postseason drought at 15 years.
—CBS News, 25 Apr. 2026
The trend This stock had been mired in a two-year downtrend and finally broken it.
—Jay Woods, CNBC, 23 Apr. 2026
The next phase will continue the post-Swalwell reshuffle, with Becerra either continuing his meteoric rise or reaching a plateau and with Democrats still mired in low single digits, deciding whether to continue their campaigns.
—Dan Walters, Mercury News, 22 Apr. 2026
Many people trusted volunteers and civil society more than the state, often seeing public officials as inefficient and mired in bureaucracy.
—Nataliya Gumenyuk, The Dial, 21 Apr. 2026
Dennis Lin, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2026
Pohlman was the crew chief for only 10 races with Busch, who is mired in the worst slump of his two-decade career and ranked 27th in the points standings.
—ABC News, 27 Apr. 2026
Instead, Florida’s KidCare expansion has been mired in lawsuits and ongoing negotiations between the state and federal regulators.
—Daniel Chang, Miami Herald, 27 Apr. 2026
For DeVos, ownership will come with a learning curve, especially with his team currently mired in the middle of the pack.
—G.w. Allen, Robb Report, 26 Apr. 2026
And that was no small coincidence, not for a franchise coming off a 3-14 season and mired in the NFL's longest active postseason drought at 15 years.
—CBS News, 25 Apr. 2026
The trend This stock had been mired in a two-year downtrend and finally broken it.
—Jay Woods, CNBC, 23 Apr. 2026
The next phase will continue the post-Swalwell reshuffle, with Becerra either continuing his meteoric rise or reaching a plateau and with Democrats still mired in low single digits, deciding whether to continue their campaigns.
—Dan Walters, Mercury News, 22 Apr. 2026
Many people trusted volunteers and civil society more than the state, often seeing public officials as inefficient and mired in bureaucracy.
—Nataliya Gumenyuk, The Dial, 21 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mired
Verb
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Look for bins that are not coated or stained with toxic finishes.—
BestReviews,
Mercury News,
30 Apr. 2026
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On TikTok, short videos often show people traveling to Turkey to fix their uneven or stained teeth and transform their smiles.—
K.H. Koehler,
USA Today,
28 Apr. 2026
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For too long, the conversation about digital assets has been trapped between price speculation and regulatory anxiety.—
Bob Diamond,
Fortune,
28 Apr. 2026
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And that duality is what makes the concept so tempting to explore more deeply — particularly through the interiority of a complex woman who will be literally trapped on the big screen.—
Alison Foreman,
IndieWire,
28 Apr. 2026
Verb
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The mosque is blackened and burned, the minaret split in two.—
Kat Lonsdorf,
NPR,
30 Apr. 2026
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Add the unpeeled garlic and toast until blackened, about 5 minutes.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
27 Apr. 2026
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The governor was embroiled in a scandal in 2023 involving the Sinaloa cartel, in which his name was published in a letter written by a then-Sinaloa cartel capo whose leaders of a rival faction the cartel had kidnapped.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
2 May 2026
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Scott stars as a prickly author who visits an Irish hotel haunted by a witch and also gets embroiled in a murder mystery.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
1 May 2026
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When stormwater dirtied by road runoff, failing septic tanks and fertilizer sullied crystal-clear rivers and lakes, and nobody cared.—
Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board,
The Orlando Sentinel,
11 Jan. 2026
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Garments can be dirtied again by the elements if air-dried outside.—
Mary Cornetta,
Better Homes & Gardens,
20 Dec. 2025
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The animal—forty feet long and weighing twelve tons, roughly the scale of a city bus—was tangled up in fishing net and rope.—
Jessica Camille Aguirre,
New Yorker,
2 May 2026
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No punches, but the two tangled, spilling toward the sideline as Okongwu tried to separate them.—
Kristian Winfield,
New York Daily News,
2 May 2026
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But Jefferson found the experience of sitting there while lesser writers messed with his prose unbearable.—
Jill Lepore,
New Yorker,
4 May 2026
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The Giants’ position really, really messed us up in trying to even negotiate with Oakland.—
Ian Miller OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
23 Apr. 2026
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The entrance of the American streamers into the factual drama space has muddied the waters in terms of defining a show’s success, according to Jeff Pope, who made his first streamer show last year.—
Max Goldbart,
Deadline,
29 Apr. 2026
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Voters say campaigns have muddied the waters on the issue, from contradictory direct mail campaigns to a leading ballot question.—
Jahd Khalil,
NPR,
20 Apr. 2026
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“Mired.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mired. Accessed 8 May. 2026.
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