Thesaurus results for MORASS

morass

noun

mə-ˈras

Definition of morass

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 Graham had just appeared with us three weeks ago to push another big goal, turn the morass of the Iran War into an opportunity for normalization of relations between Saudi Arabia and Israel, and a brighter future for Palestinians. — CBS News, 12 July 2026 Our beach quickly turned into a morass of clay, cut through by dozens of fast-flowing rivulets. — John Todd, Outdoor Life, 9 July 2026 Infrastructure costs and decreasing water sales left the authority with a budget morass and few options but to keep piling on big rate increases. — Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 June 2026 Though many might assume that the FDA is right on top of the morass of AI apps that claim to provide mental health or well-being advisement, this is decidedly not the case. — Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 3 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for morass

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The Bell Jar Tracing the tangle of a new job in New York City and the simultaneous onrush of clinical depression, The Bell Jar brings the interior world of central character Esther Greenwood into stunning relief.

— Caroline Rogers, Southern Living, 22 Aug. 2026
Penske has designed tracks through city blocks, but never through both federal and municipal grounds with a tangle of buildings that include the Department of Justice, the Federal Trade Commission and the National Archives.

— Adam Kilgore, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of tangle

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Speaking with the New York Times in December, Teresa Griffin, a wildlife manager with the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources, shared that the group traps and releases about 60 beavers a year.

— Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 31 Aug. 2026
From plates and knives not being clean to flies stuck on traps, health inspectors in Missouri and Kansas found numerous violations at Kansas City-area restaurants last week.

— Joseph Hernandez August 31, Kansas City Star, 31 Aug. 2026

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At the southern end of the Everglades, where marshes and coastal wetlands are most starved for freshwater, peat has started to collapse, ripping open the shallow sawgrass marshes to leave behind deeper pits of open water.

— Jenny Staletovich, Miami Herald, 27 Aug. 2026
There are also wetlands, woodlands, savannahs, and mountain bush.

— Paul Jebara, Condé Nast Traveler, 27 Aug. 2026

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But the likely fake accounts potentially set up a legal quagmire for Temu, as European law bars the use of misleading formats for advertising.

— Jim Edwards, Fortune, 31 Aug. 2026
Elaine Crossman, who also knew Indiana and owns a motel and art gallery on the town’s Main Street, told the Times that the renovation appeared to have become an expensive quagmire.

— Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of quagmire

Noun

Spending more time crafting weak-salsa anti-Latino jokes than improving the lives of Latinos — that’s the racist swamp the president and his team happily fester in.

— Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 29 Aug. 2026
They can also be found in a variety of habitats, including forests, grasslands, scrub brush, swamps and deserts.

— Jordan Greene, PEOPLE, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of swamp

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The chase that follows finds Reacher and Green eluding several officers in Magic Gardens, the South Street art space dominated by Philadelphia artist Isaiah Zagar’s multimedia mosaic labyrinth.

— Chris Klimek, Vulture, 26 Aug. 2026
But the Gregorys noticed Atlantans, or others familiar with our city’s quirky labyrinth of Peachtrees, were seeing the Queens song and weighing in.

— Doug Turnbull, AJC.com, 23 Aug. 2026

Definition of labyrinth

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These companies have some of the best brands and highest quality products and yet the share prices are in quicksand.

— Josh Brown,Sean Russo, CNBC, 20 Aug. 2026
The Moon may not be coated by miles-deep quicksand, but it is covered with countless microscopic knives.

— Elijah Tan, Encyclopedia Britannica, 10 July 2026

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