quicksand
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"It's like quicksand," he shouted in surprise to his family watching from a distance.
From Barron's ● Jul. 30, 2026
The half-submerged mammoth sculpture in the museum’s iconic outdoor Lake Pit gives the common but inaccurate impression that the tar worked like quicksand, sucking its victims fatally downward.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 6, 2026
For those of us sinking in email quicksand, a curated list instead of a wall of new messages is compelling.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 18, 2026
For the next eight years, as if submerging into quicksand, I sank deeper into debt.
From Salon ● May 11, 2025
But the quicksand pulled her down before she could say any more.
From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman
The words of that movement — “Now is the time to lift our nation from the quicksands of racial injustice to the solid rock of brotherhood” — still echo.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 20, 2022
A family spokesman said: "He pioneered fundraising cross-bay walks and was responsible for leading 6,000 charity walkers a year, avoiding the treacherous quicksands and dangerous areas."
From BBC ● Nov. 20, 2021
For long passages they were overwhelmed by a side who had spent 237 days in the relegation quicksands.
From The Guardian ● May 11, 2016
Next up for the Dukes is a play about the perilous quicksands of Morecambe bay.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 4, 2010
After all, the worst was over, and in the crowded drawing-room, I might with slight dexterity avoid all shoals and quicksands.
From The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine by E. Rameur
