Thesaurus results for QUICKSAND

quicksand

noun

ˈkwik-ˌsand

Definition of quicksand

as in trap

something that catches and holds mired in the quicksand of credit card debt

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Recent Examples of quicksand In a college athletics world standing atop a pile of quicksand, the Big Ten has stability. — Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 4 Sep. 2026 These companies have some of the best brands and highest quality products and yet the share prices are in quicksand. — Josh Brown,sean Russo, CNBC, 20 Aug. 2026 The Moon may not be coated by miles-deep quicksand, but it is covered with countless microscopic knives. — Elijah Tan, Encyclopedia Britannica, 10 July 2026 Don’t fall into the quicksand of using AI as a replacement for your own mental engagement. — Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 16 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for quicksand

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Noun

The hacker set a trap designed to lure the impostor into claiming more Bitcoin.

— Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 24 Oct. 2026
The personalization trap The core of the problem is that Google wants its products and services to talk to each other.

— Ryan Whitwam, ArsTechnica, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of trap

Noun

For generations, a dense tangle of mangrove trees has shielded the city as rising temperatures due to climate change intensified storms and flooding.

— ABC News, ABC News, 22 Oct. 2026
That makes the toaster, the dish rack and the tangle of cords part of the living room view.

— Ryan Brennan, Charlotte Observer, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of tangle

Noun

Persistently bleak under the rays of the California sun, Artificial (now under the aegis of Anora studio Neon) is the movie of the moment — the origin story of our current AI quagmire at the literal, psychological and pretty much every other level.

— Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 6 Oct. 2026
Lassen is so on the same page, and forever grateful to Frankel for freeing her from the dating-app quagmire.

— Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 22 Sep. 2026

Definition of quagmire

Noun

By the 2120s, the entire labyrinth will be completely backfilled, sealed, and handed over to the state.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 23 Oct. 2026
In postwar Spain, a young girl discovers a mysterious labyrinth and a magical world while living under the rule of her brutal stepfather.

— Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 11 Oct. 2026

Definition of labyrinth

Noun

Now Jade must navigate through an intricate maze of love and grief, while grappling with finding new romance while still feeling loyal to her late husband.

— Rachel LaBonte, Entertainment Weekly, 29 Oct. 2026
The book features coloring pages, puzzles, mazes, more than 500 stickers and other activities.

— Kimberly Nordyke, HollywoodReporter, 28 Oct. 2026

Definition of maze

Noun

Attackers first exploited an admin authentication bypass to gain access, then used a separate SQL injection flaw to steal credentials and finally leveraged two additional issues to achieve remote code execution and plant a persistent web shell.

— Rohit Dhamankar, Forbes.com, 30 Oct. 2026
There’s no e-mail, web browsing, or social media on these—only a Kindle-esque e-ink display that feels paperlike beneath your stylus.

— Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 29 Oct. 2026

Definition of web

Noun

According to the department, the delay is due to the number of humpback whale entanglements in 2026.

— Anne Ewbank, Sacbee.com, 2 Nov. 2026
Quantum computers use quantum bits, or qubits, which can exploit phenomena such as superposition and entanglement to perform certain calculations in fundamentally different ways.

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 1 Nov. 2026

Definition of entanglement

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