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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
While the city is at a crossroads, the job of mayor is shrinking, and with it the likelihood that bold and competent future leadership can lift Chicago from a historic morass.
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Forrest Claypool, Chicago Tribune, 14 Mar. 2025
Florence illustrates the potential of the agentic AI approach when confronting the bureaucratic morass.
—Ray Ravaglia, Forbes.com, 30 May 2025
With the Swiss army closely monitoring the situation, flooding worsened during the day as vast mounds of debris almost two kilometers across clogged the path of the River Lonza, causing a huge lake to form amid the wreckage and raising fears that the morass could dislodge.
—Dave Graham, Christian Science Monitor, 29 May 2025
But if such a deus ex machina does not appear, there’s every reason to fear that Israel will plunge deeper into the morass.
—Gershom Gorenberg, The Atlantic, 9 May 2025
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Forrest Claypool, Chicago Tribune, 14 Mar. 2025
Florence illustrates the potential of the agentic AI approach when confronting the bureaucratic morass.
—Ray Ravaglia, Forbes.com, 30 May 2025
With the Swiss army closely monitoring the situation, flooding worsened during the day as vast mounds of debris almost two kilometers across clogged the path of the River Lonza, causing a huge lake to form amid the wreckage and raising fears that the morass could dislodge.
—Dave Graham, Christian Science Monitor, 29 May 2025
But if such a deus ex machina does not appear, there’s every reason to fear that Israel will plunge deeper into the morass.
—Gershom Gorenberg, The Atlantic, 9 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for morass
Noun
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About a dozen streets on it bore names; the rest was a tangle of lines.—
The New York Times,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
15 June 2025
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That development was paused amid a tangle of lawsuits in 2023 and 2024, but is moving forward after the cases were resolved in November and March.—
Nick Rosenberger,
Idaho Statesman,
4 June 2025
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Their natural habitat is near ponds, marshes, rivers, and lakes.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
Southern Living,
11 June 2025
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Alligators are common in North Carolina American alligators occur naturally in North Carolina, according to North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission, and can be found inhabiting bay lakes, rivers, creeks, marshes, swamps and ponds.—
Saman Shafiq,
USA Today,
4 June 2025
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Researchers reviewing camera trap footage from a remote island off Panama found that a group of adolescent capuchin monkeys were routinely kidnapping baby howler monkeys and carrying them around like accessories.—
Popular Science Team,
Popular Science,
18 June 2025
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One of the key challenges for companies is avoiding the trap of performative activism—actions that appear supportive but lack meaningful impact.—
Doug Melville,
Forbes.com,
18 June 2025
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Habitats can change, too; should someone drain that Sudbury shrub swamp, the Appalachian Brown would disappear.—
Lewis Hyde,
Harpers Magazine,
18 June 2025
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This prehistoric swamp will enchant you even before the mind-melting sunset begins.—
Outside Online,
Outside Online,
29 May 2025
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Hamas provoked the Israelis into a quagmire in Gaza by brutally raping and murdering young concertgoers and kidnapping families from their kibbutzes.—
Carlo Versano,
MSNBC Newsweek,
2 June 2025
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This contradicts the precedent set by prior direct payments, such as the Covid-19 stimulus checks, which were heavily weighted toward lower-income Americans and could create a political quagmire for Trump.—
Shahar Ziv,
Forbes,
21 Feb. 2025
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The empty shoreline where volunteers worked in May was previously a thick mangrove wetland, before Hurricane Ian devastated the Fort Myers area in 2022.—
Christina Kelso,
New York Times,
24 June 2025
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In the long term, Caltrans has a plan to replace the current road with an elevated causeway that would move vehicles above the wetlands below.—
Ariane Lange,
Sacbee.com,
23 June 2025
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Instead, consumers could face a labyrinth of tedious forms and dense legalese, draining their time and wallets.—
Ivan Guzenko,
Forbes.com,
16 June 2025
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The series follows Ged, first to the School of Magic, on the Island of Roke, then through a dark labyrinth and into death itself.—
The New Yorker,
New Yorker,
11 June 2025
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Two-thirds of the season remains, and the quicksand and trap doors will eventually get someone, if only because that’s how pitching works.—
Grant Brisbee,
New York Times,
2 June 2025
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However, these systems become organizational quicksand in volatile environments where exceptions become the rule.—
Nate Bennett,
Forbes.com,
21 Apr. 2025
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“Morass.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/morass. Accessed 29 Jun. 2025.
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