quicksand
Example Sentences
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This is Pelosi in her newest chapter, living her best life without the stresses of having to steer congressional Democrats past political pitfalls and through policy quicksand.
From Los Angeles Times
Some of his videos highlight antique traps, like a 19th-century wooden trap that is shaped like a rat and shoots harpoons from its eyes, or quicksand traps that suffocate rodents.
From New York Times
"It's a bit like walking on quicksand," he said.
From BBC
Now, at age 66, she is on financial quicksand.
From New York Times
Instead of approaching R&B as a bold exteriorization of the soul, her songs tiptoe inward, toward those quicksand corners of the brain where vivid feelings struggle to coagulate into coherent thoughts.
From Washington Post
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