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as in predicament
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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Recent Examples of quagmire
But this is the wrong time for political sideshows or ethical quagmires.
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Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 15 Aug. 2025
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
The empty building left ownership with something of a real estate quagmire.
—Matthew Geiger, Denver Post, 19 July 2025
When ordered to advance, the Sixth attempted to cross this quagmire while the Germans fired at them.
—Ed Caesar, New Yorker, 13 July 2025
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Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 15 Aug. 2025
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
The empty building left ownership with something of a real estate quagmire.
—Matthew Geiger, Denver Post, 19 July 2025
When ordered to advance, the Sixth attempted to cross this quagmire while the Germans fired at them.
—Ed Caesar, New Yorker, 13 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for quagmire
Noun
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So, despite their predicament, these operators remain hopeful that circumstances will change soon enough, even if now the path is unclear.—
Gary Baum,
HollywoodReporter,
2 Oct. 2025
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Athletic Club are in a similar predicament.—
Anantaajith Raghuraman,
New York Times,
2 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Millions of miles of flying feels like an adequate amount of time to observe travelers struggle with bulky items, search endlessly for a gadget in a tangle of monochromatic accessories, and look longingly at their seatmate who seems to have it all together.—
Carin Ryan,
Travel + Leisure,
4 Oct. 2025
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Whether the Northen Sea Route catches on depends on a tangle of factors.—
Laura Paddison,
CNN Money,
3 Oct. 2025
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In the interstices of all that, at a bar one sweaty night, Wyeth meets Keating, a seminarian on a hiatus of sorts whose spiritual dilemma becomes imbricated in his own.—
Lauren Michele Jackson,
New Yorker,
5 Oct. 2025
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But the committee faced a dilemma.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
2 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Like the noon window, there are a couple other trap games to consider here.—
Steven Louis Goldstein,
New York Times,
1 Oct. 2025
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But there are specific pointers for ensuring your trap catches the intruder.—
Arricca Elin SanSone,
Southern Living,
1 Oct. 2025
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Fries, chicken, cut tomatoes and pickles were stored without covers.—
Sarah Linn,
Sacbee.com,
3 Oct. 2025
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The vegan sub includes vegan lunch meats and cheese and all the fixins, lettuce, tomato, onion and pickles, as the nonvegan version.—
Susan Selasky,
Freep.com,
2 Oct. 2025
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The 16-track project is a long time coming for Recoechi, a Chicago spitter who came up in the city’s open mic scene before falling into the morass of the streets for a time.—
Andre Gee,
Rolling Stone,
30 Sep. 2025
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The Weimar Republic’s financial and regulatory morass made strongman rule attractive.—
Tanner H. Jones,
Fortune,
16 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The Shepman's swamp chestnut oak stands at 95 feet in height with a 318-inch circumference and a canopy spread of 118 feet.—
John Tufts,
IndyStar,
3 Oct. 2025
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Bowhunting conditions were ideal on Friday afternoon, when 34-year-old Mitch Piepenburg headed toward a small food plot surrounded by a dense private swamp in Sheboygan County, Wisconsin.—
Bob McNally,
Outdoor Life,
2 Oct. 2025
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The trick works too on Dratch, who once feared monsters under her bed, and Oswalt, who jokes about quicksand being his biggest worry.—
Dave Quinn,
PEOPLE,
29 Sep. 2025
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The novel is set in 1984, but the plot keeps sliding backward into the sixties, in woozy reveries that engulf Zoyd like quicksand.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
26 Sep. 2025
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“Quagmire.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/quagmire. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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