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

Standard eradication methods — such as passive traps, genetic modification, species sterilization, and chemical insecticides — all carry limitations, environmental risks, or health hazards for humans and pets.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 27 July 2026
The episode opened with Cole and his remaining Greens falling into a trap set by young Lord Oscar Tully (Archie Barnes) and Lord Roderick Dustin (Tommy Flanagan) that saw a host of Rivermen play dead in order to lure their enemy into battle.

— Megan McCluskey, Time, 27 July 2026

Definition of trap

Noun

Luria, however, worried about that tangle of investments which bind the AI giants to their own customers; the love triangle of Google, Amazon and Anthropic; Microsoft and OpenAI, Nvidia and CoreWeave.

— Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 23 July 2026
During this time, the brain starts to shrink, and the misfolded proteins that are a hallmark of Alzheimer’s begin to build up — sticky amyloid beta plaques in the brain and tau tangles in neurons.

— Richard Sima, Washington Post, 21 July 2026

Definition of tangle

Noun

Trump enters an uncertain moment in an Iran war threatening to become a quagmire.

— Daniela Suarez, NBC news, 21 July 2026
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

Definition of quagmire

Noun

All around, gleaming with an incandescence that seems cut out of the cold blue sky itself, sheer cliffs rise impossibly high, a canopy of skyscrapers reflecting sunlight among themselves, creating a labyrinth that partitions the sun’s rays.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 July 2026
The massive walled labyrinth was a bustling city within a city.

— Daniel Wine, CNN Money, 14 July 2026

Definition of labyrinth

Noun

But a nine-game winning streak heading into the break placed the team a half-game back in the morass of mediocrity known as the AL Wild Card race.

— Andy McCullough, New York Times, 17 July 2026
Most of Future’s peers in the post-Lil Wayne digital-trap era of the early 2010s, from fellow Atlanta stars Young Thug and 2 Chainz to Southern boldfaced names like Kodak Black and Kevin Gates, have faded back into the regional-rap morass.

— Mosi Reeves, Rolling Stone, 14 July 2026

Definition of morass

Noun

Chiwetel Ejiofor stars as a furniture-store owner who finds himself in the titular liminal space, a haunting maze of hallways and rooms that exists on a physically impossible plane of existence.

— Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 24 July 2026
In Backrooms, Chiwetel Ejiofor stars as Clark, a struggling furniture store owner who enters an interdimensional portal to a haunting maze in the facility’s basement.

— Tim Lammers, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026

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