mire
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Here are three tips to help you navigate the undead monetary mire.
From Salon • Mar. 24, 2026
Earlier on Sunday, a late Alexis Claude Maurice penalty took Augsburg to a 1-0 home win over rock-bottom Heidenheim, lifting the hosts six points clear of the relegation mire.
From Barron's • Feb. 15, 2026
But after reading “The Dream Factory,” you might like him better when he still had his feet in the Shoreditch mire.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 7, 2025
When Root played a limp shot to chop on in the same over, England were in the mire.
From BBC • Nov. 29, 2024
He was learning the tricky balance of spadework—deep enough to make a clean cut, but not so deep as to bury the spade head in the mire.
From "A Single Shard" by Linda Sue Park
Vocabulary lists containing mire
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
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The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
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"Shooting an Elephant" by George Orwell
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