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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
As for Pitt, his Sonny Hayes is a perfectly serviceable archetype for this: a one-time wunderkind driver wrecked by injury whose adult life becomes a morass of preposterous risk with minimal upside.
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Paul A. Thompson, Pitchfork, 20 June 2025
There are no pairs of tidily poetic contradictions, but a morass of inner conflict, uncertainty, pain, and relief.
—Paul A. Thompson, Pitchfork, 27 June 2025
Tax administration is often written off as a bureaucratic morass—a neutral, technocratic function made necessary by the modern state but best kept as small as possible.
—Andrew Leahey, Forbes.com, 25 June 2025
Voices Granderson: For Dodgers, the fight against racial injustice is driven by the past and present
July 23, 2020
Besides, the Dodgers have waded into political morasses before.
—Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 21 June 2025
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Paul A. Thompson, Pitchfork, 20 June 2025
There are no pairs of tidily poetic contradictions, but a morass of inner conflict, uncertainty, pain, and relief.
—Paul A. Thompson, Pitchfork, 27 June 2025
Tax administration is often written off as a bureaucratic morass—a neutral, technocratic function made necessary by the modern state but best kept as small as possible.
—Andrew Leahey, Forbes.com, 25 June 2025
Voices Granderson: For Dodgers, the fight against racial injustice is driven by the past and present
July 23, 2020
Besides, the Dodgers have waded into political morasses before.
—Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 21 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for morass
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At the river’s edge, a quarter-mile-long Mitsubishi factory was a mountainous tangle of steel.—
Charles Pellegrino,
Rolling Stone,
6 Aug. 2025
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In contrast with the tangle of criminal cases which mostly stalled against Trump, Brazilian courts moved swiftly against Bolsonaro, threatening to end his political career and fracture his right-wing movement.—
Ricardo Brito,
USA Today,
5 Aug. 2025
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There are also a ton of coastal marshes and estuaries that draw black ducks and mallards.—
Alex Robinson,
Outdoor Life,
6 Aug. 2025
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After a deep dive on the biodiversity of the refuge, nearby Kitty Hawk Woods Reserve is a top spot for scoping out wood ducks and American woodcocks thanks to its verdant marshes, but for a truly unique perspective on the Outer Banks, don’t miss out on Jockey’s Ridge State Park.—
Jared Ranahan,
Forbes.com,
28 July 2025
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This photograph shows a mosquito trap as part of the fight against the Chikungunya pandemic by mosquitoes in Saint-Benoit on the French overseas island of La Reunion on April 22.—
Hollie Silverman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
2 Aug. 2025
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Cleanup brush and leaf piles, which provide excellent cover for voles. Use a trap.—
Arricca Elin SanSone,
Southern Living,
2 Aug. 2025
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Whole home fans and swamp coolers, which bring in air from outside, should be avoided unless there is no other means to keep cool.—
James Bickerton,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 Aug. 2025
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Instead, consider making a homemade air conditioner or swamp cooler.—
Cody Godwin,
USA Today,
30 July 2025
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These more standard Core Ultra mobile laptop chips avoid this quagmire entirely, leaving that sort of experience to vendors like Framework.—
Matthew Buzzi,
PC Magazine,
26 July 2025
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Computer technology had gotten us into this millennial quagmire, and, therefore, it would not be trusted to extricate us from it.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
1 July 2025
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Check out 10 miles of wooded trails through wetlands and varying types of terrain that will appeal to beginner and novice hikers alike.—
Patricia Shannon,
Southern Living,
7 Aug. 2025
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Developers must assess the nearby population and infrastructure, search for endangered species, and assess wetlands.—
Daniel Stout,
IEEE Spectrum,
5 Aug. 2025
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But these products were accompanied by a labyrinth of names and uses: GPT-4o and GPT-4o mini and GPT-4.1; o1-mini and o1-pro; o3 and o3-pro and o4-mini; and so on.—
Matteo Wong,
The Atlantic,
7 Aug. 2025
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For over two decades, search engines have served as ubiquitous routers directing billions of clickers through the labyrinth of the internet.—
Perry Carpenter,
Forbes.com,
29 July 2025
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Does TikTok go the Twitter-ian way of far-right quicksand pit?—
Steven Zeitchik,
HollywoodReporter,
9 July 2025
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Some have likened this to building a skyscraper on quicksand.—
Alexander Sudeykin,
Forbes.com,
16 June 2025
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“Morass.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/morass. Accessed 19 Aug. 2025.
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