quag
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But a combination of mishaps and bungled central planning finally plunged the country into a hopeless economic quag mire that enraged the workers.
From Time Magazine Archive
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So he saw more perfectly the ditch that was on the one hand, and the quag that was on the other; also how narrow the way was which led between them both.
From Bible Stories and Religious Classics by Wells, Philip P.
Why did ye drēve en into theäse here quag?
From Poems of Rural Life in the Dorset Dialect by Barnes, William
Into that quag king David once did fall, and had no doubt therein been smothered, had not HE that is able plucked him out.
From Works of John Bunyan — Volume 03 by Bunyan, John
At the Mermaid Inn Men disagreed in friendship and in truth; But he agreed with all men, and his life Was one soft quag of falsehood.
From Collected Poems Volume Two by Noyes, Alfred