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

Rugs trap dust, dirt, allergens, odors, pet hair, dander, and more.

— Rebecca Jones, Southern Living, 7 Nov. 2026
The researchers then moved the cloud into a wider optical trap and gradually loosened its grip.

— Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 7 Nov. 2026

Definition of trap

Noun

Despite the beery bonhomie and singalong-friendly simplicity of their tunes, the Twisted Teens are grappling with an increasingly complex tangle of contradictions and tensions.

— Stuart Berman, Pitchfork, 5 Nov. 2026
Both amyloid beta and tau are normally present in healthy brains; the plaques and tangles are abnormal aggregations of these molecules.

— Manvir Singh, New Yorker, 2 Nov. 2026

Definition of tangle

Noun

An astonishing cast—Rooney Mara, Claire Foy, Jessie Buckley, Frances McDormand, and Ben Whishaw among them—guides us through this moral quagmire as opinions diverge wildly and no easy answers are offered.

— Radhika Seth, Vogue, 29 Oct. 2026
Even the most mind-bending of three-hour documentaries doesn’t have enough time to fully tackle the quagmire that was the secretive biotech startup.

— Victoria Song, The Verge, 28 Oct. 2026

Definition of quagmire

Noun

According to Greek mythology, every nine years Athens had to send fourteen young people to the Minotaur’s labyrinth, in Crete, where they were devoured as sacrificial victims.

— Joshua Yaffa, New Yorker, 2 Nov. 2026
Much of the series is set in claustrophobic corridors, backrooms and basements, endowing it with the sense of a labyrinth that its anti-terror agents have to navigate.

— John Hopewell, Variety, 30 Oct. 2026

Definition of labyrinth

Noun

In each case, the healthcare system presents a maze of choices.

— Soniya Bopache, Forbes.com, 6 Nov. 2026
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

Definition of maze

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

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