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
The Philippines is one of Asia’s most flood-prone countries but this year it has also been mired in a massive corruption scandal involving flood control projects that have brought thousands of protesters out onto the streets.
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Helen Regan, CNN Money, 6 Nov. 2025
Grace is in limbo, the film posits, mired in a crisis seemingly brought on by her inability to see herself as either archetype of a young mother.
—Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 6 Nov. 2025
With local governments mired in debt and facing fiscal strain, there is skepticism that bold social spending or pro-consumption reforms will materialize anytime soon.
—Shaoyu Yuan, The Conversation, 5 Nov. 2025
The threshold — which once appeared the world’s best hope in the fight against climate change — is now mired in tensions and inconsistencies.
—Sophie Yeo, The Dial, 4 Nov. 2025
But to be fully mired in the morose misses the positive aspects of this season, and this team.
—Quentin Corpuel, Kansas City Star, 31 Oct. 2025
While Halloween became a franchise mired by its own murderous multiverse, H20 deserves credit for being the first movie to ask audiences to ignore the last four entries.
—Chris Snellgrove, Entertainment Weekly, 25 Oct. 2025
Reality struck, however, and North Carolina is mired in a three-game losing streak, most recently a 21-18 loss at California.
—Ben Verbrugge, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Oct. 2025
The Indonesian billionaire brothers, Robert and Michael Hartono, owners of the cigarette giant Djarum, bought the struggling club in 2019, when it was mired in the lower leagues.
—Mattia Ferraresi, Air Mail, 25 Oct. 2025
Helen Regan, CNN Money, 6 Nov. 2025
Grace is in limbo, the film posits, mired in a crisis seemingly brought on by her inability to see herself as either archetype of a young mother.
—Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 6 Nov. 2025
With local governments mired in debt and facing fiscal strain, there is skepticism that bold social spending or pro-consumption reforms will materialize anytime soon.
—Shaoyu Yuan, The Conversation, 5 Nov. 2025
The threshold — which once appeared the world’s best hope in the fight against climate change — is now mired in tensions and inconsistencies.
—Sophie Yeo, The Dial, 4 Nov. 2025
But to be fully mired in the morose misses the positive aspects of this season, and this team.
—Quentin Corpuel, Kansas City Star, 31 Oct. 2025
While Halloween became a franchise mired by its own murderous multiverse, H20 deserves credit for being the first movie to ask audiences to ignore the last four entries.
—Chris Snellgrove, Entertainment Weekly, 25 Oct. 2025
Reality struck, however, and North Carolina is mired in a three-game losing streak, most recently a 21-18 loss at California.
—Ben Verbrugge, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Oct. 2025
The Indonesian billionaire brothers, Robert and Michael Hartono, owners of the cigarette giant Djarum, bought the struggling club in 2019, when it was mired in the lower leagues.
—Mattia Ferraresi, Air Mail, 25 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mired
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The costume, which has made waves online, features Fox in a pink suit stained with fake blood, meant to resemble the former first lady shortly after the assassination of her husband.—
Lauren Huff,
Entertainment Weekly,
31 Oct. 2025
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Nelson’s wallpaper is not genuine leather, but features a floral Victorian design that Nelson painted and stained to give the originally white pattern a brownish, leather-like look.—
Lennie Omalza,
Louisville Courier Journal,
30 Oct. 2025
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During the auditions, wannabe actors are asked to improvise scenes including being a cat, being trapped in a room, and being propositioned by a famous director.—
Leo Barraclough,
Variety,
7 Nov. 2025
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The disconcerting scene offers a glimpse of what actually happened to Will while he was trapped for most of Season 1 and suggests that Will may still be impacted by whatever Vecna put inside him at the beginning of the story.—
Emily Zemler,
Rolling Stone,
7 Nov. 2025
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Skip any skins that look moldy, blackened, or spoiled.—
Cathy Cassata,
Health,
24 Oct. 2025
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Day turned to night as thick, acrid clouds blackened the sky.—
Robert Wyss,
The Conversation,
21 Oct. 2025
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Once embroiled in conflict, participants and spectators layer on more stories to make sense of their relationship to its violent cauldron.—
Elizabeth D. Samet,
Foreign Affairs,
29 Oct. 2025
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Since the Supreme Court struck down a federal ban on sports betting in 2018, the league has embroiled itself in a matrix of relationships with sports-betting operators, including its official partners DraftKings, FanDuel, and BetMGM.—
Sally Jenkins,
The Atlantic,
26 Oct. 2025
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The ashes from the crematorium chimney covered the streets, sooted the rain, dirtied the snow, damaged the crops, infected every body.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
23 Oct. 2025
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At Dilara Findikoglu, models looked like ladies in waiting that had risen from the dead; wearing antiquated corsetry that was dirtied and torn.—
Leah Dolan,
CNN Money,
23 Sep. 2025
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Democrats are currently so desperate for strong male role models to promote as candidates that they’re all tangled up over whether a burly Maine oysterman’s Nazi-symbol tattoo is defensible.—
Sophie Gilbert,
The Atlantic,
5 Nov. 2025
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Nothing twisted or tangled together during the drying process.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
3 Nov. 2025
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The internet already messed her up pretty good.—
Alex Apatoff,
PEOPLE,
23 Sep. 2025
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The internet already messed her up pretty good.—
Charles Trepany,
USA Today,
10 Sep. 2025
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The same cannot exactly be said for the eight subsequent franchise installments, a motley group of sequels, prequels, reboots, remakes, and legacy sequels that have muddied the continuity.—
Declan Gallagher,
Entertainment Weekly,
21 Sep. 2025
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The motives and power plays behind the cancellation of The Late Show With Stephen Colbert were muddied, buried in backroom and boardroom deals and compromises, allowing CBS to insist that the show’s conclusion was not about Colbert’s anti-Trump views, but financial concerns.—
Jason Bailey,
Mercury News,
20 Sep. 2025
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“Mired.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mired. Accessed 9 Nov. 2025.
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