Thesaurus results for QUICKSAND

quicksand

noun

ˈkwik-ˌsand

Definition of quicksand

as in trap

something that catches and holds mired in the quicksand of credit card debt

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Recent Examples of quicksand In a college athletics world standing atop a pile of quicksand, the Big Ten has stability. — Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 4 Sep. 2026 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 Don’t fall into the quicksand of using AI as a replacement for your own mental engagement. — Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 16 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for quicksand

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Noun

The hacker set a trap designed to lure the impostor into claiming more Bitcoin.

— Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 24 Oct. 2026
The personalization trap The core of the problem is that Google wants its products and services to talk to each other.

— Ryan Whitwam, ArsTechnica, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of trap

Noun

The shampoo didn’t strip the tester’s already-dry hair, and a two-minute conditioner left her tangles smooth enough to finger-comb.

— Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Kansas City Star, 21 Oct. 2026
The double-deck Wacker Drive obliterated a tangle of buildings and produce stalls in favor of a broad Beaux Arts thoroughfare by the Chicago River.

— Robert Loerzel, Chicago Tribune, 18 Oct. 2026

Definition of tangle

Noun

Persistently bleak under the rays of the California sun, Artificial (now under the aegis of Anora studio Neon) is the movie of the moment — the origin story of our current AI quagmire at the literal, psychological and pretty much every other level.

— Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 6 Oct. 2026
Lassen is so on the same page, and forever grateful to Frankel for freeing her from the dating-app quagmire.

— Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 22 Sep. 2026

Definition of quagmire

Noun

In postwar Spain, a young girl discovers a mysterious labyrinth and a magical world while living under the rule of her brutal stepfather.

— Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 11 Oct. 2026
Outdoors, we were greeted by sculptures from Joan Miró’s labyrinth to Alberto Giacometti’s courtyard.

— Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of labyrinth

Noun

Picking either of these teams to win feels like picking a blind man to walk through a maze, but give me the Cowboys to get back on the right track.

— Mac Engel October 24, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Oct. 2026
Hoàn Kiếm Lake, the Hanoi Opera House, and the Vietnam National Museum of History are all nearby, while the maze of the Old Quarter begins just beyond the lake.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of maze

Noun

Kinder Morgan operates a dominant, interconnected web of steel pipelines that links oversupplied shale basins directly to major demand centers and Gulf Coast export complexes.

— Harvey Stober, CNBC, 23 Oct. 2026
The full 12-company delegation spans original story IP in drama, film, animation and web novels, as well as generative AI, interactive entertainment and fan platforms.

— Deadline, Deadline, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of web

Noun

After all, Apple and Google are sworn frenemies, dragging each other in the press while simultaneously holding multi-billion-dollar entanglements behind the scenes.

— Joe Osborne, PC Magazine, 24 Oct. 2026
Salsa was rescued once as a pup during an Unprecedented Mortality Event, released in 2015, re-stranded due to a fishing entanglement and deemed non-releasable by the federal government.

— Valerie Greene, The Orlando Sentinel, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of entanglement

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