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 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 In our view, the only way to escape this play-in quicksand is to pick one of the three aforementioned paths. — Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 10 Apr. 2026 And maybe that's how to escape the loyalty quicksand. — Christopher Elliott, USA Today, 5 Apr. 2026 And yet those tracks are laid on quicksand. — David M. Drucker, Twin Cities, 29 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for quicksand

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Noun

The district’s surveillance traps show numbers of Culex mosquitos — the primary vectors of West Nile virus — are at their highest.

— Alula Alderson, Sacbee.com, 14 July 2026
The federal agency detailed removal efforts on its website, including traps baited with eggs and trackers to lure tegus and study their movements.

— Rylan DiGiacomo-Rapp, The Orlando Sentinel, 13 July 2026

Definition of trap

Noun

They’re immediately pulled into a tangle of police reports, hospital notifications, insurance calls, and legal questions that can feel impossible to sort through while grieving.

— William Jones, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 June 2026
Richie Laryea for Canada burst into the box in a good position but was brought to ground amid a tangle of legs with South Africa’s Khuliso Mudau.

— Laurie Whitwell, New York Times, 28 June 2026

Definition of tangle

Noun

Such interpretations help sustain a story that still feels like a reinterpretation of the original series, providing outlets for original thought in a quagmire of iteration.

— Ben Travers, IndieWire, 15 June 2026
SpaceX is, however, facing competition from Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin, which is building a lander hat hews much closer to the simpler, Apollo-era lunar landers than the gargantuan, engineering quagmire that is Starship.

— Jackie Wattles, CNN Money, 12 June 2026

Definition of quagmire

Noun

Old school computer gamers will be intimately familiar with the dungeon crawler genre, popularized by games like Wizardry and Eye of the Beholder, which involves moving in first-person on a grid, taking on monsters, finding treasure and delving deeper into a labyrinth.

— Jason Bennett, Arkansas Online, 28 June 2026
Under the streets of Paris, a 75-mile labyrinth of pipes is at work trying to keep the parts of the city cool.

— Francois de Beaupuy, Fortune, 28 June 2026

Definition of labyrinth

Noun

Graham had just appeared with us three weeks ago to push another big goal, turn the morass of the Iran War into an opportunity for normalization of relations between Saudi Arabia and Israel, and a brighter future for Palestinians.

— CBS News, CBS News, 12 July 2026
Our beach quickly turned into a morass of clay, cut through by dozens of fast-flowing rivulets.

— John Todd, Outdoor Life, 9 July 2026

Definition of morass

Noun

And there was the part of her that was more lucid, drawing her back to the entrance of the maze, trying to piece together the message that was being transmitted.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 13 July 2026
The after-hours, extra-ticket Halloween event will feature a maze called Everything Must Stay, based on a suburban home that won’t sell — and it’s been on the market six years, the story goes.

— Dewayne Bevil, The Orlando Sentinel, 10 July 2026

Definition of maze

Noun

Common threats include biotoxins, chemical contaminants, disease, and fishing gear entanglements, experts say.

— Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 6 July 2026
Speaking in Portugal this week, Warsh seemed keen to move the Fed through judicial entanglements and get on with the task at hand.

— Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 3 July 2026

Definition of entanglement

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