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quagmire

[kwag-mahyuhr, kwog-] / ˈkwægˌmaɪər, ˈkwɒg- /




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After shouting out “Grand Theft Auto,” Megan Fox’s return to Instagram and Quagmire from “Family Guy,” Hegseth introduced former Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem, whom he said was “reassigned under the bus.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 8, 2026

The Force-Feeding Quagmire Dozens of hunger strikers at Guantanamo Bay are being kept alive with a painful, ethically questionable, and politically sensitive medical procedure.

From Newsweek • Jun. 20, 2013

Whether or not the awards race itself is compelling, I’ll be very interested to see if this move is a triumph or a Quagmire.

From Time • Oct. 2, 2012

But it's not, which reminded us of our astonishment at discovering that Seth MacFarlane does the voices on Family Guy for Stewie and Brian and Peter and Quagmire, sometimes in one scene.

From The Guardian • Jul. 26, 2012

We were coming up to the crossing of Quagmire Road and the Hog Scald Road, where there’s a high screen of hedge apple.

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck




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