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Recent Examples of quicksand
But in recent years, psychologists, sociologists and concerned parents alike have noticed a growing number of young adults who seem caught in this adolescent quicksand — unable or unwilling to take the next step into adulthood.
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Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 13 Sep. 2025
Does TikTok go the Twitter-ian way of far-right quicksand pit?
—Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 9 July 2025
But the question of who’s going to kill or get killed ultimately proves less important than how their pasts have shaped these men — or rather trapped them, like quicksand.
—Dennis Harvey, Variety, 20 June 2025
Later, Bjørn dives into quicksand to save Zsa-zsa — a movie first.
—Armond White, National Review, 30 May 2025
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Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 13 Sep. 2025
Does TikTok go the Twitter-ian way of far-right quicksand pit?
—Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 9 July 2025
But the question of who’s going to kill or get killed ultimately proves less important than how their pasts have shaped these men — or rather trapped them, like quicksand.
—Dennis Harvey, Variety, 20 June 2025
Later, Bjørn dives into quicksand to save Zsa-zsa — a movie first.
—Armond White, National Review, 30 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for quicksand
Noun
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The Tennessee Wildlife Resource Agency suggests a wooden, two-door trap to catch armadillos for removal.—
Kirsten Fiscus,
Nashville Tennessean,
29 Oct. 2025
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The gear, often connected to a trap on the seafloor and a buoy at the surface, can wrap itself around whales’ mouths, tails and bodies, leaving them struggling to feed and even swim.—
Erika I. Ritchie,
Oc Register,
29 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Her hair is often a massive tangle of black curls, her nails are expertly polished, her huge brown eyes peer out from spidery lashes, and her skin is cocoa-butter smooth.—
Stephanie Mansfield,
Vogue,
2 Nov. 2025
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These tangles grow into 30–40 nm particles.—
Christopher McFadden,
Interesting Engineering,
2 Nov. 2025
Noun
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That country fought back harder than the Russian dictator predicted, resulting in a quagmire that over time has weakened Putin.—
Chicago Tribune,
Twin Cities,
28 Oct. 2025
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And even as many Trump allies still criticize former President George W. Bush for bringing the US into long-running wars in the Middle East, Republicans largely harbor no such fears of Venezuela becoming a similar quagmire.—
Burgess Everett,
semafor.com,
23 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The campaign will engage local media outlets, social media, newsletters and community organizations to guide Medi-Cal recipients through the labyrinth of changes, said CalOptima CEO Michael Hunn.—
Claire Wang,
Oc Register,
24 Oct. 2025
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From there, investigators, journalists, and suspects become entangled in a labyrinth of fear, obsession, and paranoia.—
Isadora Wandermurem,
Time,
22 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Apart from the moral morass and human cost of America’s foreign military misadventures, there is the lasting economic damage of the wars of which Cheney was such an avid advocate.—
Ben Wedeman,
CNN Money,
5 Nov. 2025
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The melancholy truth is that things have sunk into a morass of demoralization and low standards, with journalism inhabiting the poverty sector among the disciplines, and this at a time when communications nationally and internationally have reached an apex of urgency and complexity.—
David Wingrave,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The maze is quite scary, including an It-style clown with a chainsaw, chainsaw-wielding doctors in scrubs, and Beryl at the center of it all as the town’s biggest cultural claim to fame, the Headless Horseman.—
Sophie Brookover,
Vulture,
31 Oct. 2025
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Shot at the real-life Flintham Hall manor house, cinematographer Sean Bobbitt’s camera glides around lush setpieces ranging from a shadowy hedge maze to a swimming lake and an unwieldy bonfire.—
Abby Monteil,
Them.,
28 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Hit by the Wall Street crash in 1929 and the ensuing Great Depression, his spectacular 1932 downfall exposed a web of deception, and he was later found dead in what was ruled a suicide.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
3 Nov. 2025
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Up to 95 percent of a brand’s emissions sit outside its direct control, scattered across a messy web of suppliers, mills, logistics partners, and raw-material sources.—
Gus Bartholomew,
Sourcing Journal,
3 Nov. 2025
Noun
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According to the research team, both classical and quantum models of gravity would produce entanglement at different strengths depending on variables such as mass, separation distance, and experiment duration.—
Christopher McFadden,
Interesting Engineering,
25 Oct. 2025
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Though researchers logged no right whale deaths in the latest report, entanglements and vessel strikes remain a serious threat to the animals.—
N'dea Yancey-Bragg,
USA Today,
23 Oct. 2025
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“Quicksand.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/quicksand. Accessed 5 Nov. 2025.
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