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Recent Examples of quicksand
Instead, Gracey paints a fabulously entertaining and touching picture of an insecure, complicated man hauling himself from a quicksand of grasping fans, greedy impresarios, unresolved addictions and father-son dysfunction.
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Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times, 25 Dec. 2024
We have got used to 90 points being a minimum for a team wanting to win the league, but even if Liverpool are technically ‘on track’ for 95, maybe the quicksand of inconsistency will suck them in too at some point.
—Nick Miller, The Athletic, 13 Dec. 2024
The Conformist Kino Film (Via Amazon) Custody Year: 2017
Runtime: 1h 33m
Director: Xavier Legrand
A film that’s not unlike sinking into emotional quicksand, this French drama won the Cesar Awards (the French equivalent of the Oscar) for Best Film, Best Actress, and Best Original Screenplay.
—Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 17 Jan. 2024
Chicago and Illinois are sinking in a quicksand of pension debt.
—Forrest Claypool, Chicago Tribune, 5 Dec. 2024
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Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times, 25 Dec. 2024
We have got used to 90 points being a minimum for a team wanting to win the league, but even if Liverpool are technically ‘on track’ for 95, maybe the quicksand of inconsistency will suck them in too at some point.
—Nick Miller, The Athletic, 13 Dec. 2024
The Conformist Kino Film (Via Amazon) Custody Year: 2017
Runtime: 1h 33m
Director: Xavier Legrand
A film that’s not unlike sinking into emotional quicksand, this French drama won the Cesar Awards (the French equivalent of the Oscar) for Best Film, Best Actress, and Best Original Screenplay.
—Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 17 Jan. 2024
Chicago and Illinois are sinking in a quicksand of pension debt.
—Forrest Claypool, Chicago Tribune, 5 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for quicksand
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Make sure your plans include fallback options for these users but don’t fall into the trap of falling back onto lower-assurance security factors.Aaron Painter, Forbes, 14 Jan. 2025
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This is political gamesmanship at its worst, planting a trap for lawmakers by exploiting a tragedy.Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 10 Jan. 2025
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Health insurance can involve a tangle of limitations due to provider networks, medical necessity rules and preauthorization requirements.Jay Feinman, The Conversation, 6 Jan. 2025
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Struggling to keep track of a tangle of chargers while flying?Merrell Readman, Travel + Leisure, 4 Jan. 2025
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Simply put, Democrats can escape their electoral quagmire by recognizing what successful liberal politicians understood until quite recently—that there's nothing compassionate or progressive about letting corporations exploit cheap foreign labor to undermine American workers.Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 9 Jan. 2025
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However, this path has led many young adults into a financial quagmire.Jack Kelly, Forbes, 7 Jan. 2025
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Mazes and labyrinths have been around for thousands of years.Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 19 Oct. 2024
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Advertisement Also wading through the bureaucratic labyrinth was Dalal Al-Sumah.Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 12 Dec. 2024
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Carey thinks that the innovators that will emerge from the current morass relatively unscathed are the ones that have benefited from a parent company’s fiscal and resource scaffolding from the get-go.Jasmin Malik Chua, Sourcing Journal, 3 Sep. 2019
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For such writers and thinkers, including Jean-François Lyotard, Hannah Arendt, and Heinrich Blücher, history felt like a betrayal in which former traditions and institutions had collapsed, leaving behind a morass of emptiness and fractured communities.Ben Woollard, JSTOR Daily, 4 Dec. 2024
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Zoom out: In addition to the maze, tickets grant access to a skating rink, an ice slide and ice bars.Torey Van Oot, Axios, 7 Jan. 2025
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These collectors have just as much love for the maze of mechanicals beneath the surface as the trajectories the silver ball follows.Tim Stevens, Ars Technica, 6 Jan. 2025
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Even those with home web access may not have unlimited data plans.Ryan Gillespie, Orlando Sentinel, 13 Jan. 2025
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In addition to streaming via a web browser, Mubi offers apps for mobile phones, media streaming devices (Apple TV, Chromecast, Fire TV, and Roku), and Smart TVs.PCMAG, PCMAG, 13 Jan. 2025
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Trump's legal entanglements are not limited to the New York case.Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 10 Jan. 2025
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His effort to limit U.S. entanglements abroad could lead to U.S. underreach, leaving dangerous vacuums of power.Charles A. Kupchan, The Atlantic, 10 Jan. 2025
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“Quicksand.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/quicksand. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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