mired
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“But their own members have lost their homes and are mired in their own uncertainty and financial challenges.”
From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2026
And in talks with both Trump and Putin, Xi faced leaders mired in costly wars that have dragged on for longer than they anticipated.
From BBC • May 20, 2026
Too much of the album is mired in the slog of repetitive beats, and the best moments come when the production shifts.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026
They are battling surging energy costs, fierce competition from China, and weak demand at a time when Europe's biggest economy is mired in a long stagnation.
From Barron's • May 17, 2026
If either factor failed—if reproduction failed to produce variants or if heredity failed to transmit the variations—then nature would be mired in a ditch, the cogwheels of evolution jammed.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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