morasses

plural of morass
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as in tangles
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 marshes
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 morasses These familiar, turbulent morasses of swirling droplets continue to stymie scientists. Joseph Howlett, Quanta Magazine, 15 Sep. 2025
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Noun
  • This Levoit vacuum just dropped under $200, and its impressive ability to pick up hair without any tangles is a pet owner’s dream.
    Stephanie Osmanski, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 June 2026
  • Tuohy found that only our top overall robovac pick, the Matic, did a better job on hard surfaces, while the Saros 20’s DuoDivide brush is designed to resist hair tangles, reducing the amount of maintenance required.
    Sheena Vasani, The Verge, 23 June 2026
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  • Hike, walk, run or bike the flat trails at Cochran Shoals, with beautiful views of the Chattahoochee River, plenty of woods and marshes to explore, and a few 5K training loops.
    Nicole Bennett, AJC.com, 26 June 2026
  • Kadis said among the strategy’s proposals is a blue carbon credit program that would fund carbon-absorbing coastal wetlands, marshes and mangroves.
    ABC News, ABC News, 26 June 2026
Noun
  • To keep them from being a problem indoors in the first place, hang sticky traps in the garage near entrances to your home.
    Arricca Elin SanSone, Southern Living, 27 June 2026
  • Rather than relying solely on poison, the researchers recommend combining multiple control methods, including sealing entry points, improving sanitation, removing food sources and using traps.
    Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 26 June 2026
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  • Kadis said among the strategy’s proposals is a blue carbon credit program that would fund carbon-absorbing coastal wetlands, marshes and mangroves.
    ABC News, ABC News, 26 June 2026
  • Instead, the idea is to lock in preservation protections for the 17,000 acres of wetlands surrounding the facility.
    Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 25 June 2026
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  • And who knows if, with chef Mario Carbone, part of those labyrinths will be repurposed into wineries for fine wines.
    Marzio G. Mian, Vanity Fair, 16 June 2026
  • Laborious yet lithe lads and lasses have loyally leapt to luminate the lexical labyrinths of logic locking the lucrative lotto, longing to lure the lavish luxury lying latently in local landmarks.
    Jared Kaufman, Twin Cities, 28 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • For millions of years between 350 and 280 million years ago (about 30 million years before the first dinosaurs), these croc-like animals ruled the rivers, swamps, and lakes of the ancient world.
    Sarah Durn, Popular Science, 18 June 2026
  • These many watering holes are reflective of the Lone Star state's varied geographic regions, from bald cypress swamps to mountainous desert lakes.
    Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 16 June 2026
Noun
  • Jeane used the example not to say that any of the three were in danger of closing, but to point out one of the enrollment quagmires in the district that covers 70 square miles.
    Jennah Pendleton, Sacbee.com, 21 Apr. 2026
  • Despite a few diversions along the way, Minney keeps returning to craft as a solution to fashion’s many quagmires.
    Jasmin Malik Chua, Footwear News, 14 Apr. 2026
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  • Zelizer said Trump’s financial entanglements might be the most monarchical part of his administration.
    Nicholas Riccardi, Los Angeles Times, 28 June 2026
  • The Republic’s first decades were shaped by the rivalry between the British and French empires, and George Washington used his farewell address to warn his countrymen against permanent foreign entanglements.
    Ian Bremmer, Time, 25 June 2026

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