quagmire
Example Sentences
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Kevin Warsh, President Donald Trump’s pick to replace Powell, is currently stuck in a Senate quagmire.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 23, 2026
The pitch at Blundell Park was already a quagmire before kick-off between League Two Grimsby Town and Premier League Wolves, and rapidly deteriorated under relentless rainfall on the east coast.
From BBC • Feb. 15, 2026
With a paucity of working capital and bank lending rates now exceeding 60%, both foreign and domestic firms are stuck in a quagmire.
From Barron's • Jan. 29, 2026
In a letter co-signed by nearly 2,500 business and trade organizations and sent to top congressional leaders, the group warned that such a policy would be a bureaucratic quagmire.
From Salon • Apr. 14, 2025
Anyway, probably no one is thinking about an appropriately weighty yet catchy phrase to call our quagmire right now.
From "Internment" by Samira Ahmed
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.