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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
Noun
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Different plants, like nasturtiums, act as effective trap crops by being the more desirable plant for common garden pests — leaving the trap plant to be treated or removed over the one producing food.—
Anthony Reardon,
Kansas City Star,
24 Jan. 2025
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The rabbit was caught hopping around on camera traps, seemingly unaware that it was lost at all.—
John Yoo and John Shu,
Newsweek,
23 Jan. 2025
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The diplomatic tangle was particularly complicated for Italy, which is a historic ally of Washington but maintains good relations with Tehran.—
Nicole Winfield,
Los Angeles Times,
8 Jan. 2025
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Letting the roast simmer for hours in a mixture of pickled jalapeño brine and fish sauce yields a fall-apart tangle of meat that’s wildly good on soft rolls or over piles of rice.—
Margaux Laskey,
New York Times,
30 Dec. 2024
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And Russia’s continuing quagmire in Ukraine discredits any Russian claim to superpower status.—
Armstrong Williams,
Orange County Register,
13 Jan. 2025
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For three decades, websites large and small have depended on search to help build their readership; now they’re caught in a philosophical quagmire.—
Longreads,
Longreads,
19 Dec. 2024
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Those familiar with Greek mythology know the story of Icarus, who was gifted a pair of wax wings in order to fly out of the labyrinth where he was imprisoned.—
Aytekin Tank,
Forbes,
21 Jan. 2025
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See it Beneath a bustling city in Peru, an ancient labyrinth stretching thousands of feet has been uncovered, showcasing the architectural prowess of its creators.—
Stories by Real-Time news team, with AI summarization,
Miami Herald,
17 Jan. 2025
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As my colleague Ian Bogost remarked in a post on Bluesky this week, the morass of social-media posts and news articles often felt empty.—
Charlie Warzel,
The Atlantic,
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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This fear increases as the family turns against itself, escaping Tehran for Iman’s hometown, stalking and hiding within a literal old-world maze.—
Armond White,
National Review,
22 Jan. 2025
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Seeing the potential in the original apartment—a maze of smaller rooms with odd proportions—was no small feat.—
David Foxley,
Architectural Digest,
20 Jan. 2025
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Business TikTok is offline in the U.S. after Supreme Court upholds ban Trump's executive order was enough for Oracle, and other web infrastructure companies, to restore TikTok's services.—
Bobby Allyn,
NPR,
25 Jan. 2025
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Vogue,
Vogue,
25 Jan. 2025
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Friday marked the end of unprecedented access to Trump, who heard bits and pieces about dramas that unfolded around him — those who drank too much or had romantic entanglements or got into arguments at his club.—
Jennifer Jacobs,
CBS News,
18 Jan. 2025
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Today, the university and the church’s conference have relatively few practical entanglements.—
Ruth Graham,
New York Times,
15 Jan. 2025
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“Quicksand.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/quicksand. Accessed 29 Jan. 2025.
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