quagmire
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In the face of a financial quagmire, why not throw up a few glow sticks?
From Slate • Jun. 25, 2026
"We are in a quagmire, and even when something feels real, you have to be suspicious of it," she says.
From BBC • Jun. 20, 2026
Even when pressed on the potential impact of a "quagmire" scenario in the Gulf that would curtail oil and jet fuel exports for several more months, executives did not appear overly alarmed.
From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026
That leaves the Southwest in a quagmire with uncertain repercussions while the river’s depleted reservoirs continue to decline.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 13, 2026
"I am glorious still! Do you not know who raised humanity out of the quagmire of the Dark Ages?"
From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda
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