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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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as in marsh
spongy land saturated or partially covered with water
the distracted driver had driven his car off the road and into a morass
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Recent Examples of morass
In two and a half years of this morass, the regime has brought Russia back to the habits and mindset of the Stalinist era.
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Andrei Kolesnikov, Foreign Affairs, 15 Oct. 2024
In recent years, as Mugabe’s deputy, Mnangagwa sought ways out of Zimbabwe’s economic morass, courting multilateral financial institutions such as the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank and proposing reforms to encourage foreign investors to return.
—Martin Meredith, Foreign Affairs, 13 Feb. 2018
Here, the end result is more of an erratic blend of survival drama, historical oddity, and petty domestic intrigue that boils down into a morass of standout moments dragged down by the film's weaknesses as a whole.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 8 Sep. 2024
And into this morass comes cooking videos by people who do not know how to cook.
—Tribune Content Agency, The Mercury News, 8 Aug. 2024
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Andrei Kolesnikov, Foreign Affairs, 15 Oct. 2024
In recent years, as Mugabe’s deputy, Mnangagwa sought ways out of Zimbabwe’s economic morass, courting multilateral financial institutions such as the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank and proposing reforms to encourage foreign investors to return.
—Martin Meredith, Foreign Affairs, 13 Feb. 2018
Here, the end result is more of an erratic blend of survival drama, historical oddity, and petty domestic intrigue that boils down into a morass of standout moments dragged down by the film's weaknesses as a whole.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 8 Sep. 2024
And into this morass comes cooking videos by people who do not know how to cook.
—Tribune Content Agency, The Mercury News, 8 Aug. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for morass
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Six weeks later, what began as a missing persons case became a murder mystery, as Karen's body was found hidden beneath a tangle of vines by a caretaker near Bledsoe Cemetery in Dyer County.Gemma Schneider, ABC News, 1 Nov. 2024
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There’s also a big tangle of conflicting feelings and emotional contexts at play here.Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 16 Oct. 2024
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They can be seen roaming the marshes in search of food before beginning their journey, typically between early March and mid-May, to Asia.David Escribano, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Oct. 2024
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Little is known about Dufrene other than that the 39-year-old is a captain for Arthur’s Air Boat Tours, giving wildlife tours on the swamps and marshes just outside of New Orleans.Brittany Spanos, Rolling Stone, 27 Sep. 2024
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And that became the trap door, the explosive play that put the Bears in a 21-9 hole at the intermission.Dan Wiederer, Chicago Tribune, 4 Nov. 2024
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Then Billboard was cited when describing T.I.’s seminal 2003 Trap Muzik album as an introduction of trap music to the masses, but the contestants were stumped and couldn’t identify who the rapper-actor is despite a photo of him accompanying the clue.Michael Saponara, Billboard, 4 Nov. 2024
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His latest monologue, in contrast, is submerged in the swamp of vintage misogyny.Joe Berkowitz, Vulture, 10 Nov. 2024
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Fight Club’s insights about the consequences of men rallying around resentment remain apt today, a period in which Donald Trump’s grievance politics and the growing swamp of the manosphere are shaping American masculinity.Stephen Kearse, The Atlantic, 15 Oct. 2024
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The nadir came during an interview with NBC’s Lester Holt, in response to a question about the constant quagmire at the U.S. southern border—an area in which Harris had notionally been given power by Biden, but manifestly no actual agency.Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker, 19 Aug. 2024
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Israel has sunk ever deeper into the Gaza quagmire, neglecting to elucidate the regional and global contexts of the conflict.Ari Shavit, Foreign Affairs, 5 Oct. 2024
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By 1958, part of the stream in Elm Grove was developed over, and routed into a concrete culvert, which no longer absorbed the water as the wetland did.Bridget Fogarty, Journal Sentinel, 5 Nov. 2024
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In Caddo Lake, a brain-melting sci-fi film starring Dylan O’Brien that hit Max last month, the wetlands symbolize all of the above and then some as multiple characters try to get to the root of some seriously-hard-to-explain events.Laura Bradley, Vulture, 5 Nov. 2024
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Deep in the labyrinth of Studio 8H—the longtime home of Saturday Night Live at 30 Rockefeller Center—actor Chloe Fineman sits in a chair with a wig cap on.Elise Taylor, Vogue, 1 Nov. 2024
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In the clip, below, Mark (Adam Scott) appears to be lost in the office's labyrinth as audio snippets from season 1 flash through his mind.Lauren Huff, EW.com, 23 Oct. 2024
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Jen and Lilia — now seemingly under someone’s (Teen’s?) spell, eyes glowing a frosty, neon blue — throw Agatha into the quicksand.Caroline Framke, Vulture, 10 Oct. 2024
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Unfortunately, the two decisions put Indians into constitutional quicksand.Daniel Mandell / Made by History, TIME, 14 Oct. 2024
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“Morass.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/morass. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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