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 • Mar. 24, 2026
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
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
It would’ve been a nice view, with the river and the trees and hills and all, except for the quagmire of horse muck.
From "The Battle of the Labyrinth" by Rick Riordan
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