quagmire

Example Sentences

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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

Meanwhile, the war in Iraq came to seem closer to a quagmire than he had predicted.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 4, 2025

The quagmire of falsified and lost records for Syria's missing children means surviving mothers and fathers are left to hunt from one institution to the next for any information at all.

From BBC • Sep. 10, 2025

By my count, the last time was 2003 and the U.S. was embroiled in a Middle East quagmire.

From Salon • Jun. 20, 2025

On the race’s eve, a downpour rendered the track at Narragansett a quagmire.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand