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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
Jon Greenberg, The Athletic, 30 Dec. 2024
McDonald made her entrance after a couple of hours, resplendent in a crimson Christian Siriano gown, the mire of Rose well and scrubbed off.
—Christopher Barnard, Vogue, 20 Dec. 2024
Caroline Vakil, The Hill, 8 Apr. 2025
Will Howells, who has just one prior APP singles gold, has been mired with tough early-round matchups and has struggled to get to the podium for months.
—Todd Boss, Forbes.com, 8 Apr. 2025
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Noun
The Bears were primed for a breakout season and wound up back in the muck and mire.
—Jon Greenberg, The Athletic, 30 Dec. 2024
McDonald made her entrance after a couple of hours, resplendent in a crimson Christian Siriano gown, the mire of Rose well and scrubbed off.
—Christopher Barnard, Vogue, 20 Dec. 2024
Verb
The party has also been mired in a leadership void as former President Biden and former Vice President Kamala Harris have largely remained out of the spotlight.
—Caroline Vakil, The Hill, 8 Apr. 2025
Will Howells, who has just one prior APP singles gold, has been mired with tough early-round matchups and has struggled to get to the podium for months.
—Todd Boss, Forbes.com, 8 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mire
Noun
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When polio workers came door-to-door in late April last year in his village of simple mud and brick houses, the child had a fever.—
Ruchi Kumar,
NPR,
16 Apr. 2025
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The hotel’s lobby bar and connected lounge spaces are filled with an impressive collection of African art, from masks to textiles like mud cloth sourced from Benin, the Congo, Ethiopia, and the Tuareg people.—
Travel + Leisure Editors,
Travel + Leisure,
16 Apr. 2025
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The marshes were drained, in stages, between 1829 and the 1950s, but this remained a remote, sparsely populated place of scattered villages, boar hunting, and driftwood beaches.—
Lee Marshall,
Travel + Leisure,
15 Apr. 2025
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Other films from territories seen more rarely on the big screen include Iraqi director Hasan Hadi’s The President’s Cake set in Iraq’s little filmed marshes area against the backdrop of President Saddam Hussein’s rule in the 1990s.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
15 Apr. 2025
Noun
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California and other states have spent much of the past decade trying to get out of this predicament by undoing single-family zoning laws and streamlining permitting for apartments, backyard cottages and other higher-density housing.—
Conor Dougherty,
New York Times,
10 Apr. 2025
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Why Canned Wine? Archer Roose Wines, co-owned by chief creative officer and actress Elizabeth Banks and CEO Marian Leitner-Waldman, started with this predicament in mind.—
Bryce Jones,
Better Homes & Gardens,
10 Apr. 2025
Verb
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If Bonhoeffer’s example is used to justify more far-right Christian violence in America, that would be another tragedy — and a cruel irony that would stain the legacy of a man who gave up everything to confront a tyrant.—
John Blake,
CNN Money,
13 Apr. 2025
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Pérez's manager, Enrique Paulino, spoke to reporters at the scene, his shirt stained with blood.—
Gordon G. Chang,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Apr. 2025
Verb
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The animal is unlikely to attack unless trapped or provoked.—
Mike Stunson,
Kansas City Star,
21 Apr. 2025
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Neighbors also informed the outlet that both police and child services — in N.Y.C., the Administration for Children's Services (ACS) — had visited the apartment earlier in the week, while Promise was trapped inside, but left without entering the apartment.—
Bailey Richards,
People.com,
20 Apr. 2025
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From the murky swamp to the kingdom of Duloc, Shrek has captured hearts with its wit, adventures and hilarious dialogue.—
Jane LaCroix,
People.com,
29 Mar. 2025
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In fact, this is what drawing the swamp actually looks like.—
Ron Estes,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 Mar. 2025
Noun
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The deal on the burgers – each comes with American cheese, lettuce, tomatoes, red onions, pickles, Smash Sauce, and ketchup on a toasted bun – is good in stores, online and through the Smashburger app.—
Mike Snider,
USA Today,
19 Apr. 2025
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According to our readers, classics like the Chicken Sandwich Meal (extra pickles, please) and seasonal treats like the Peach Milkshake are always worth stopping for.—
Symiah Dorsey,
Southern Living,
19 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Even though this team isn't good at shooting threes, their defense mucks everything up enough to win games.—
Mark Davis,
Newsweek,
15 Mar. 2025
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The Mountaineers found some success with the full court press in the third quarter and used the ball pressure to muck the game up.—
Steven Johnson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
24 Feb. 2025
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“Mire.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mire. Accessed 27 Apr. 2025.
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