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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.
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Dennis Harvey, Variety, 20 June 2025
Though admittedly macabre, each attempt — think plane crashes, elevator ambushes, and even death by quicksand — features trademark Andersonian humor and comical loopholes to Korda's safety, that, gruesome or not, can't help but make one smile.
—EW.com, 6 June 2025
Two-thirds of the season remains, and the quicksand and trap doors will eventually get someone, if only because that’s how pitching works.
—Grant Brisbee, New York Times, 2 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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Dennis Harvey, Variety, 20 June 2025
Though admittedly macabre, each attempt — think plane crashes, elevator ambushes, and even death by quicksand — features trademark Andersonian humor and comical loopholes to Korda's safety, that, gruesome or not, can't help but make one smile.
—EW.com, 6 June 2025
Two-thirds of the season remains, and the quicksand and trap doors will eventually get someone, if only because that’s how pitching works.
—Grant Brisbee, New York Times, 2 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 man, whom the magazine did not identify citing privacy concerns, cut his shin on a bait fish trap on a pier in an inlet that leads to the bay.—
Phaedra Trethan,
USA Today,
3 Sep. 2025
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Her latest project, monitoring 50 camera traps in the understudied Atascosa highlands region in southern Arizona resulted in a remarkable discovery.—
John Leos,
AZCentral.com,
3 Sep. 2025
Noun
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English also says that protective or tight styles can also lead to matting if left in too long, by compacting tangles at the base.—
Grace McCarty,
Glamour,
5 Sep. 2025
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Aside from Blast vacuuming, the X9 improves on the X8 by adding zero-tangle technology to the side brush and the main brush.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
4 Sep. 2025
Noun
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After Wexner bought it, the vehicle sank into a quagmire of litigation over its provenance before things were resolved in 2016.—
Stayton Bonner,
Robb Report,
24 Aug. 2025
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But this is the wrong time for political sideshows or ethical quagmires.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
15 Aug. 2025
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When a deadline is looming, which is pretty much always, the artist Takeru Hokazono’s one-room apartment in Tokyo begins to resemble a labyrinth.—
Matt Alt,
New Yorker,
25 Aug. 2025
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Pet sharks and underground labyrinths, unwelcome doppelgängers and vegetable-hungry monster-rabbits, rogue planets heading for Earth and diabolical Red Wizards—what do all these share in common?—
Travis Bean,
Forbes.com,
22 Aug. 2025
Noun
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That failure is symbolized most starkly in the mute dissolution of his own group, formed to help save Chicago from its pension morass but which instead silently acquiesced in making that threat markedly worse.—
The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
12 Aug. 2025
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As to The Naked Gun and especially Happy Gilmore 2, both of these new films are driving through the morass of media content with a lot of years on their tire treads.—
Howard Homonoff,
Forbes.com,
6 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Corn maze farewell This year, Ackerman is setting up his corn maze for the last time.—
Katherine Laidlaw,
HubSpot,
5 Sep. 2025
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In the fall, before its Christmas tree sales begin, Goebel Farms has pumpkins for sale and a corn maze to explore.—
Katie Wiseman,
IndyStar,
5 Sep. 2025
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Erin Bennett’s complex narration of this historical audiobook wraps listeners in a web of mystery.—
AudioFile Magazine
August 29,
Literary Hub,
29 Aug. 2025
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To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that These models encode meaning as mathematical relationships—turning words into numbers that capture how concepts relate to each other.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
28 Aug. 2025
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Humpback whales — which are found throughout all the Earth’s oceans — regularly face threats from entanglements with fishing gear, in addition to vessel strikes and ocean noise, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.—
Brendan Rascius,
Miami Herald,
4 Sep. 2025
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Measures would typically be taken to protect business continuity, prevent unwanted entanglement and maintain control of her brand.—
Megan Cartwright,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Aug. 2025
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“Quicksand.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/quicksand. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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