quicksands

plural of quicksand

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for quicksands
Noun
  • Hang traps to attract the moths with pheromones and catch them using sticky glue.
    Lauren Wicks, Southern Living, 28 Oct. 2025
  • As scammers get better at disguising their traps, our best defense is slowing down, thinking twice, and remembering that no real voicemail requires you to log in through a random link in your inbox.
    Ken Colburn, AZCentral.com, 26 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • And not just vague signs, actual amyloid plaques and tau tangles, the same hallmarks seen in human patients.
    Pranjal Malewar, New Atlas, 14 Oct. 2025
  • There are piles of rubble and tangles of cable.
    Jack Lang, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • These familiar, turbulent morasses of swirling droplets continue to stymie scientists.
    Joseph Howlett, Quanta Magazine, 15 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • But this is the wrong time for political sideshows or ethical quagmires.
    Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 15 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • There could also be more entanglements found later this year, as 50% of entanglements in 2024 were detected in the latter half of the year.
    Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 22 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • Her books, with their Borgesian labyrinths and witchy symmetries, sometimes flirt with nonsense.
    Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 18 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • 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
Noun
  • But those Prince-like snares are rounded out with a full string orchestra of Swedish musicians.
    Maya Georgi, Rolling Stone, 3 Oct. 2025
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“Quicksands.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/quicksands. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.

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