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 Don’t fall into the quicksand of using AI as a replacement for your own mental engagement. — Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 16 June 2026 There are reasons the 2026 Giants aren’t trapped in the same quicksand as the Mets, Phillies or Red Sox, and those reasons are encouraging. — Grant Brisbee, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2026 In hydra-like fashion, Carr’s agenda saw Jimmy Kimmel pulled into political and cultural quicksand last year as Nexstar pulled the ABC late-night host off its stations for more than a week. — Dominic Patten, Deadline, 17 Apr. 2026 Such fluidity also extends to Amrum itself, where the land and water ebb and flow into one another, forming mudflats and murky patches of quicksand. — David Opie, IndieWire, 15 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for quicksand

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Noun

Outside his tech support job, Singh had been working for years as a producer in Canada’s thriving Punjabi music scene, blending traditional folk sounds with hip-hop beats and trap melodies.

— Harmeet Kaur, CNN Money, 19 Sep. 2026
Locking the lid traps excess steam inside, altering how the appliance functions.

— Jessica Safavimehr, Southern Living, 19 Sep. 2026

Definition of trap

Noun

Sticky beta-amyloid can build into brain-clogging plaque over decades, eventually spurring neuron-killing tau tangles that lead to symptoms.

— Lauran Neergaard, Los Angeles Times, 15 Sep. 2026
Sazan is a rugged place—strewn with rocks and tangles of trees, populated by a large colony of rats, and studded with bunkers built by the Marxist dictator Enver Hoxha to defend against an imaginary invasion.

— Dexter Filkins, New Yorker, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of tangle

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The Tigers grew into a national power as Ole Miss bumbled through various coaches and an NCAA quagmire brought on by Hugh Freeze.

— Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 14 Sep. 2026
Since the war has devolved into a quagmire, Kushner and Witkoff have been relegated to a secondary role in peace talks; Vance took the lead in the latest round, this summer.

— Dexter Filkins, New Yorker, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of quagmire

Noun

This stone is part of a larger labyrinth that eventually reaches an ocean in a system of deep, powerful interdependence.

— Supriya Lopez Pillai, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2026
Begin at the Grand Bazaar, where more than 4,000 shops are packed in a labyrinth of vaulted passageways that have bustled with traders for over 500 years.

— Vicki Power, TheWeek, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of labyrinth

Noun

The system is a maze in which laws collide with gray areas, where layers upon layers of policy have accumulated over decades in a pile waiting for reform that has never come.

— Andrew Carter, Chicago Tribune, 20 Sep. 2026
The 24-by-32-foot maze of chambers, gaskets, gauges and pipes has jokingly been nicknamed Martha by some of the technicians who run it.

— Dana Hedgpeth, Washington Post, 20 Sep. 2026

Definition of maze

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Productivity and Content Creation Tests Our primary overall benchmark, UL's PCMark 10, puts a system through its paces in productivity apps ranging from web browsing to word processing and spreadsheet work.

— Matthew Buzzi, PC Magazine, 19 Sep. 2026
Chatfield hired Jennifer Szabo as his web developer early on to make the Farmworker Movement Documentation Project.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 18 Sep. 2026

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