quagmire
Example Sentences
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Proposals, multiple points long, are being mooted by mediators racing to find a way out of this deepening quagmire.
From BBC
He has expressed disdain for previous U.S. wars abroad that have devolved into quagmires, promising that the country wouldn’t get bogged down in such conflicts under his leadership.
More broadly, the growing risk of a widening and drawn-out war threatens the American economy, raising warnings of stagflation, a quagmire of stagnant growth and high inflation.
For all his backroom skill, Tojo did not include the U.S., or a quagmire in China, in his calculations.
That leaves the Southwest in a quagmire with uncertain repercussions while the river’s depleted reservoirs continue to decline.
From Los Angeles Times
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