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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
The nearly $2T student loan morass is a serious problem that needs to be dealt with.
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Carlo Versano, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 May 2025
The Terps needed a coach who could credibly begin leading the climb out of that morass in days, not weeks.
—Childs Walker, Baltimore Sun, 1 Apr. 2025
What happened next has become a matter of intrigue and resulted in a sprawling legal morass that has consumed Hollywood and sparked intense public interest.
—Tatiana Siegel, Variety, 21 Mar. 2025
And then, in 2010, Inna died without any children or a will, leaving behind a morass of 20,000 books, manuscripts, files and correspondence in their cluttered Bronx apartment.
—Joseph Berger, New York Times, 24 Feb. 2025
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Carlo Versano, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 May 2025
The Terps needed a coach who could credibly begin leading the climb out of that morass in days, not weeks.
—Childs Walker, Baltimore Sun, 1 Apr. 2025
What happened next has become a matter of intrigue and resulted in a sprawling legal morass that has consumed Hollywood and sparked intense public interest.
—Tatiana Siegel, Variety, 21 Mar. 2025
And then, in 2010, Inna died without any children or a will, leaving behind a morass of 20,000 books, manuscripts, files and correspondence in their cluttered Bronx apartment.
—Joseph Berger, New York Times, 24 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for morass
Noun
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Other experimental drugs have targeted the tau tangles, a different protein that builds up inside nerve cells.—
Jon Hamilton,
NPR,
30 May 2025
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Despite the sleek design of modern gadgets and the rise of wireless solutions, both businesses and consumers still live in a frustrating tangle of cables.—
Mark Vena,
Forbes.com,
27 May 2025
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Fifteen minutes outside of downtown Boulder, Colorado, sandwiched between a golf course and a marsh, is Congregation Bonai Shalom.—
Cindy Von Quednow,
CNN Money,
4 June 2025
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Before its use as a dump, the land beneath the depot was a marsh along the now-subterranean Givan Creek, which empties into nearby Eastchester Bay.—
Evan Simko-Bednarski,
New York Daily News,
3 June 2025
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Mazzotti said iguanas love the color red — biologists often lure them into traps with red flowers, strawberries or even red marbles.—
Bill Kearney,
Sun Sentinel,
6 June 2025
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What seems to be an inert plant, a part of the ecological background, suddenly becomes an inescapable trap.—
Riley Black,
Smithsonian Magazine,
6 June 2025
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In Louisiana, alligators live mostly along the state’s coastal marshes but also can be found in its canals, bayous, rivers and swamps.—
Noël Fletcher,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2025
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From swamp to salinity In Western Australia, sediment cores from the beds of Lake Aerodrome, Gastropod Lake and Prado Lake reveal how long-term drying can change the ecology of a region.—
Francisca Oboh Ikuenobe,
The Conversation,
20 May 2025
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The main conservative candidate, Kim Moon Soo, has struggled to win over moderate, swing voters as his People Power Party remains in a quagmire of internal feuding over how to view Yoon's actions.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
3 June 2025
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The Squadron 42 quagmire The initial concept behind Squadron 42 was a tutorial segment that would gently introduce players to the game's mechanics and feed them some in-game rewards upon completion.—
Alan Bradley,
Space.com,
2 June 2025
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Salton Sea: In the May 25 California section, an article about efforts to create new wetlands at the Salton Sea referred to double-crested cormorants as double-breasted cormorants.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
29 May 2025
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According to the National Ocean and Atmosphere Administration’s Office for Coastal Management, 32% of the state is occupied by wetlands.—
Tara Massouleh McCay,
Southern Living,
24 May 2025
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The city’s extensive labyrinth of catacombs was nearby as well, underground ossuaries crammed full of the skeletal remains of millions of Parisians.—
Anelise Chen
June 3,
Literary Hub,
3 June 2025
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Infant formula is also highly regulated, presenting any new entrant with a labyrinth of hoops to jump through.—
Alisha Haridasani Gupta,
New York Times,
31 May 2025
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However, these systems become organizational quicksand in volatile environments where exceptions become the rule.—
Nate Bennett,
Forbes.com,
21 Apr. 2025
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From sticky asphalt graves to dinosaur-eating quicksand, these sites reveal how nature sometimes sets its own snares, and how life—on a mass scale—meets its end.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes,
21 Mar. 2025
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“Morass.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/morass. Accessed 11 Jun. 2025.
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