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bogged down

VERB

stick; become stuck

Synonyms

STRONGEST

halt hang up impede stall

WEAK

decelerate delay detain retard set back sink slacken slow down slow up

Antonyms

STRONGEST

advance forward help

Example Sentences

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But the sector has struggled to take off, bogged down by high costs and low investments.

From Barron's • May 31, 2026

"Insurance companies love to use long documents, policies with wording that doesn't make any sense, that get you bogged down, so by the time you start reading it, you feel like you can't finish."

From BBC • Apr. 21, 2026

For years, the U.S. has said it would shift its attention to Asia, but has remained bogged down elsewhere.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 8, 2026

I knew that she would never want to be bogged down with trains and lace.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 5, 2026

The same thorough mosquito-control measures were instituted in the Isthmus of Panama, where work to dig a canal to connect the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans had bogged down.

From "An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793" by Jim Murphy