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Recent Examples of quicksand
The best hope is that LaFleur did not impress Bidwill and GM Monti Ossenfort because of his coaching associations but with his ideas of how to get the organization out of competitive quicksand.
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Doug Haller, New York Times, 2 Feb. 2026
The result is a sector doing critical, often life-saving work while operating on financial quicksand.
—Cat Ward, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026
But the quicksand flowed back as soon as the backpacker shoveled it away, Marshall said.
—CBS News, 11 Dec. 2025
Just a few weeks ago, the Dallas Cowboys looked to be sinking in quicksand.
—Robert Marvi, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Nov. 2025
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Doug Haller, New York Times, 2 Feb. 2026
The result is a sector doing critical, often life-saving work while operating on financial quicksand.
—Cat Ward, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026
But the quicksand flowed back as soon as the backpacker shoveled it away, Marshall said.
—CBS News, 11 Dec. 2025
Just a few weeks ago, the Dallas Cowboys looked to be sinking in quicksand.
—Robert Marvi, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for quicksand
Noun
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And so many people back then were in a trap.—
Vinson Cunningham,
New Yorker,
29 Mar. 2026
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These torons act as microscopic traps for light.—
Rupendra Brahambhatt,
Interesting Engineering,
29 Mar. 2026
Noun
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But every week could bring a new philosophical-technical tangle.—
Eric Boodman,
Vulture,
25 Mar. 2026
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Florida’s chances of winning a mid-January game at Vanderbilt were slipping when video coordinator Nolan Crist spotted an on-court tangle.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
25 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Looking back at our wars in Vietnam, Iraq and Afghanistan should tell us that a war waged in a vast country with complex and historic factional infighting, is likely to end up in a quagmire.—
Dr. Michael Good,
Hartford Courant,
25 Mar. 2026
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The administration has asked for an astonishing $200 billion to fund a war that the president also sporadically claims is over, giving legislators an unappetizing choice between funding a quagmire or else walking away and leaving a mess behind.—
David A. Graham,
The Atlantic,
25 Mar. 2026
Noun
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One floor underground is a labyrinth of snazzy, high-tech equipment designed to bio-hack, educate and optimize performance.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
1 Apr. 2026
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Navigating higher education can often feel like a labyrinth.—
Justin Williams,
New York Times,
25 Mar. 2026
Noun
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When their news anchor (Peter Finch) has a nervous breakdown on the air, suddenly their ratings turn around, bringing on a moral morass only some of them are prepared to face.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Mar. 2026
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And that concludes our journey through the morass.—
Steven Louis Goldstein,
New York Times,
13 Mar. 2026
Noun
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This technical maze is among the challenges that platforms like YouTube, Amazon Prime Channels, Roku and Spectrum are trying to solve.—
Andrew Marchand,
New York Times,
25 Mar. 2026
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Photos and video show the explorers squeezing through jagged crevices deep inside the karsts, using flashlights to guide them further along an otherwise pitch-black maze of rocky burrows.—
Emily Mae Czachor,
CBS News,
24 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Randolph’s body vaulted off the car, creating a web of cracks in the driver’s side windshield.—
Emerson Clarridge
Updated March 27,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
28 Mar. 2026
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The scandal is now expanding into an international investigation, placing Miami at the center of a complex web of shell companies, offshore transfers and opaque financial flows.—
Antonio María Delgado,
Miami Herald,
27 Mar. 2026
Noun
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The first year is particularly dangerous for whales due to a combination of factors, including boat strikes, entanglement in fishing gear, and ingesting plastic.—
Laura Baisas,
Popular Science,
26 Mar. 2026
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These days, sei whales are threatened by propeller strikes from seagoing vessels, entanglement in fishing gear, underwater noise from human activity and changing environmental conditions.—
Thomas Tracy,
New York Daily News,
26 Mar. 2026
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“Quicksand.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/quicksand. Accessed 1 Apr. 2026.
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