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1
a difficult, puzzling, or embarrassing situation from which there is no easy escape
- the party was once again facing its quadrennial quagmire: the candidate sufficiently liberal to win the nomination would be too liberal for the general election
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2
something that catches and holds
- a protracted custody dispute that became a judicial quagmire
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The first known use of quagmire was circa 1580
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