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as in marsh
spongy land saturated or partially covered with water
much of the land in that area is mire that cannot be developed
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as in predicament
a difficult, puzzling, or embarrassing situation from which there is no easy escape
an abused wife who was hopelessly stuck in a mire of emotional dependency
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as in to stain
to make dirty
the sight of the standard, which had emerged from the battle mangled and mired, still stirred the soldiers' hearts
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Recent Examples of mire
Simon Thompson, Forbes, 9 Oct. 2024
Given all the uncertainty around him, MacKinnon might well have to put up a third straight 100-point season to keep the burgundy and blue ship from sinking into the messy Western Conference mire.
—Sean Keeler, The Denver Post, 9 Oct. 2024
Byryan Hogg, Fortune Europe, 25 Nov. 2024
The second movie about the zany adventures of Ernest P. Worrell (Jim Varney) finds its eccentric cab driver in a fresh holiday predicament: Santa Claus is in his back seat, mired in an existential crisis, having lost his joy for the season.
—Sezín Devi Koehler, EW.com, 6 Dec. 2024
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Noun
Dark secrets quickly raise their heads along with enemies from the past reemerging, and Jack Lowden's River Cartwright becomes tangled in the mire of his MI5 veteran grandfather's history.
—Simon Thompson, Forbes, 9 Oct. 2024
Given all the uncertainty around him, MacKinnon might well have to put up a third straight 100-point season to keep the burgundy and blue ship from sinking into the messy Western Conference mire.
—Sean Keeler, The Denver Post, 9 Oct. 2024
Verb
Germany’s economy is set for a second consecutive year of negative economic growth, as the manufacturing sector sits mired in two and a half years of recession.
—Byryan Hogg, Fortune Europe, 25 Nov. 2024
The second movie about the zany adventures of Ernest P. Worrell (Jim Varney) finds its eccentric cab driver in a fresh holiday predicament: Santa Claus is in his back seat, mired in an existential crisis, having lost his joy for the season.
—Sezín Devi Koehler, EW.com, 6 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mire
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My one big gripe with this season has always been the location of the tribe camps, which were basically mud pits.Dalton Ross, EW.com, 12 Dec. 2024
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The animal was about a foot long and used its head, rather than its arms, to dig into the mud.Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 Dec. 2024
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Raised railroad tracks and a Nike missile site upset the natural flow of the marshes and wetlands.Susan DeGrane, Chicago Tribune, 29 Oct. 2024
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The entire film takes place in a marsh where two women — a mother and a daughter-in-law — make their living by murdering samurai who wander into their swampy territory and selling the warriors' armor for cash.Katie Rife, EW.com, 25 Oct. 2024
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The question is whether anyone can genuinely rescue Intel from its current predicament.Tim Bajarin, Forbes, 4 Dec. 2024
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Might the Martian’s personal predicament be mixed up with his team’s professional plight?Ben Travers, IndieWire, 29 Nov. 2024
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In conducting the study, the team also developed a new technique to stain collagen fibers to analyze their impact on the skin’s mechanics.Margherita Bassi, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Dec. 2024
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This particular query came (stop it) during a recent interview with Variety where Daniel Craig asked if a shot of sheets stained with semen was kept in the final cut’s establishing scene.David Opie, IndieWire, 7 Dec. 2024
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Colby rushes into the stall to distract the horse from Carter, who is trapped in the corner.Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 16 Dec. 2024
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Hers, described as a rich moisture balm, is a mix between an ointment and an emollient face cream, delivering instant hydration via five molecular weights of hyaluronic acid and skin-barrier-strengthening ceramides, then trapping in said moisture with murumuru butter and polyglutamic acid.Kiana Murden, Vogue, 16 Dec. 2024
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The Daily Mail moreover published photos which purported to show DeGeneres’s property left in a swamp of flood water.Martha Ross, The Mercury News, 2 Dec. 2024
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On a trek through the forest, Nora’s guide signalled for the group to stop near the bank of a swamp.Cecilia Rodriguez, Forbes, 26 Nov. 2024
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Highly acidic foods like pickles and tomatoes will react with the can after an extended period of time, causing both taste and texture changes so pay particularly close attention to expiration dates on these items.Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 8 Dec. 2024
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Choose from a variety of shapes, including the cherished German-American tradition of the pickle ornament.Roger Sands, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024
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Mannie then interjected that social media has a habit of mucking things up.Angel Diaz, Billboard, 23 Oct. 2024
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No need to muck a barn or toss a bale of hay to wear one of the autumn'sbiggest trends — workwear is no longer for work’s sake (at least not exclusively).Aemilia Madden, refinery29.com, 21 Oct. 2024
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“Mire.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mire. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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