quicksand
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"It's like quicksand," he shouted in surprise to his family watching from a distance.
From Barron's ● Jul. 30, 2026
"Everything changes," he said, adding "It seems like quicksand."
From BBC ● Mar. 11, 2026
For those of us sinking in email quicksand, a curated list instead of a wall of new messages is compelling.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 18, 2026
For the next eight years, as if submerging into quicksand, I sank deeper into debt.
From Salon ● May 11, 2025
As I walk across the sanctuary, it’s like my feet are in quicksand.
From "Betty Before X" by Ilyasah Shabazz and Renée Watson
The words of that movement — “Now is the time to lift our nation from the quicksands of racial injustice to the solid rock of brotherhood” — still echo.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 20, 2022
A family spokesman said: "He pioneered fundraising cross-bay walks and was responsible for leading 6,000 charity walkers a year, avoiding the treacherous quicksands and dangerous areas."
From BBC ● Nov. 20, 2021
For long passages they were overwhelmed by a side who had spent 237 days in the relegation quicksands.
From The Guardian ● May 11, 2016
Next up for the Dukes is a play about the perilous quicksands of Morecambe bay.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 4, 2010
The toll-gate man always tells you that other roads are dangerous— filled with quagmires and quicksands.
From The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 5 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Discussions by Robert Green Ingersoll
