as in traps
something that catches and holds
mired in the quicksand of credit card debt
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for quicksands
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True School Freedom Act empowers parents with universal choice—no zip code traps.—
Eleanor Dearman,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
14 Feb. 2026 -
If the federal government insists on misusing courts as traps rather than the place where disputes are legally hashed out, then our justice system needs to find safe ways for people to appear.—
The Editorial Board,
Oc Register,
14 Feb. 2026
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Accessories should be minimal and delicate, to avoid any tangles mid-journey.—
Anna Cafolla,
Vogue,
14 Jan. 2026
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But the seven-member volunteer commission — long expected to take the reins from OPD’s federal overseers — still seems to be struggling to gain footing within Oakland’s complex bureaucratic tangles.—
Shomik Mukherjee,
Mercury News,
9 Jan. 2026
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These familiar, turbulent morasses of swirling droplets continue to stymie scientists.—
Joseph Howlett,
Quanta Magazine,
15 Sep. 2025
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But these occupations soon became bloody quagmires, with hundreds of military and tens of thousands of civilian casualties.—
Mo Rocca,
CBS News,
11 Jan. 2026
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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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My guiding principle would be protecting American interests while avoiding unnecessary entanglements—making decisions grounded in facts, realism, and a clear understanding of the regional, economic, and security implications involved.—
Rachel Royster,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
14 Feb. 2026
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Tune in to Planet Money's explainer on the heart-balm tort, a type of lawsuit reserved for economic entanglements of the heart.—
Suzanne Nuyen,
NPR,
13 Feb. 2026
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Laborious yet lithe lads and lasses have loyally leapt to luminate the lexical labyrinths of logic locking the lucrative lotto, longing to lure the lavish luxury lying latently in local landmarks.—
Jared Kaufman,
Twin Cities,
28 Jan. 2026
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Separated by labyrinths of creeks and smaller cays, each one represents a stepping stone away from civilization, Parrish told me.—
Henry Wismayer,
Travel + Leisure,
7 Jan. 2026
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The conceit of narrating a year in one’s life through the toils and sensations of the kitchen is one that many have taken up before.—
Hannah Goldfield,
New Yorker,
9 Feb. 2026
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How Tielemans overcame early toils is often used as a source of encouragement by new additions who seem peripheral at first.—
Jacob Tanswell,
New York Times,
23 Oct. 2025
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One photographer visited Uganda and captured the striking image of a mountain of snares, used to trap wildlife and confiscated by the nation’s rangers.—
Charlotte Reck,
CNN Money,
4 Feb. 2026
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The team used non-invasive survey tools, including 285 hair snares and 135 remote cameras, to collect the information from a 150-square-mile area, the institute said.—
Kerry Breen,
CBS News,
29 Jan. 2026
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“Quicksands.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/quicksands. Accessed 21 Feb. 2026.
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