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as in tangle
something that catches and holds
advised against becoming involved in that country's civil war, warning that escape from that morass might prove nigh impossible
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Recent Examples of morass
Or, perhaps even more likely, Iran devolves into a morass, a chaotic power struggle that destabilizes the entire powder keg of a region.
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The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 1 Mar. 2026
Texas public education is in a morass.
—Eleanor Dearman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Feb. 2026
The team behind Fitbit is launching a new consumer health company, betting on AI to help people wade through the morass of family health care.
—Rachyl Jones, semafor.com, 6 Feb. 2026
Kirk sought to construct a conservative populism that did not get mired in the morass of anti-Jewish conspiracism.
—Yair Rosenberg, The Atlantic, 4 Feb. 2026
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The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 1 Mar. 2026
Texas public education is in a morass.
—Eleanor Dearman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Feb. 2026
The team behind Fitbit is launching a new consumer health company, betting on AI to help people wade through the morass of family health care.
—Rachyl Jones, semafor.com, 6 Feb. 2026
Kirk sought to construct a conservative populism that did not get mired in the morass of anti-Jewish conspiracism.
—Yair Rosenberg, The Atlantic, 4 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for morass
Noun
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The major source is a 9,600-acre (3,900-hectare) tract latticed by a tangle of pipes and sprinklers along the river.—
DYLAN JACKSON,
ABC News,
6 May 2026
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Mosquitoes really do play favorites — and the reasons reveal a fascinating tangle of genetics, body chemistry and evolutionary tracking that scientists are still untangling.—
Ryan Brennan
May 1,
Sacbee.com,
1 May 2026
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According to Nature Conservancy working lands program director Kirk Feuerbacher, 98 percent of their habitat in coastal marshes has been redeveloped or altered.—
Laura Baisas,
Popular Science,
29 Apr. 2026
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After the dog's escape, the canine landed in a marsh on the other side of the fence and promptly became stuck in the muck.—
Moná Thomas,
PEOPLE,
28 Apr. 2026
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Through some careful engineering, Roberts, Alito, and their allies have created a trap for voting-rights cases.—
Vann R. Newkirk II,
The Atlantic,
2 May 2026
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Catch tunneling gophers with GopherHawk traps.—
Nan Sterman,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
2 May 2026
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The animals usually inhabit freshwater areas such as ponds, lakes, rivers, marshes, streams and adjacent wetlands.—
Michelle Del Rey,
USA Today,
7 May 2026
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For more than five years, the Mālama Hawaiʻi program has encouraged visitors to support local communities—whether by volunteering at a food pantry, helping restore coastal wetlands, or participating in beach cleanups.—
Rachel Chang,
Travel + Leisure,
6 May 2026
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Washington remains short of clear strategic gains, while a conflict once framed as limited is now dragging much of the world into a widening quagmire – with few, if any, coming out ahead.—
Ivana Kottasová,
CNN Money,
2 May 2026
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The men opened the panel to find a quagmire of colorful wires in a cutout in the wall.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
30 Apr. 2026
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The wind also died down as warm, humid air settled over the old-growth cypress swamp on which the course was built for much of the round before a breeze returned late in the day.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
25 Apr. 2026
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About 65 miles away, firefighters continue battling the massive blaze in Clinch County, where the fire has spread rapidly through dry forest and swamp areas, making containment difficult.—
Christopher Harris,
CBS News,
23 Apr. 2026
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Indeed, the mine site stands on a patchwork of state, federal and private land, creating a regulatory labyrinth.—
Todd Richmond,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Apr. 2026
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In addition to the labyrinth of unclear messaging around the campaign, Republicans say the ballot language itself is confusing.—
Jahd Khalil,
NPR,
20 Apr. 2026
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There are reasons the 2026 Giants aren’t trapped in the same quicksand as the Mets, Phillies or Red Sox, and those reasons are encouraging.—
Grant Brisbee,
New York Times,
27 Apr. 2026
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Such fluidity also extends to Amrum itself, where the land and water ebb and flow into one another, forming mudflats and murky patches of quicksand.—
David Opie,
IndieWire,
15 Apr. 2026
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“Morass.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/morass. Accessed 8 May. 2026.
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