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Example Sentences

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He knew he should probably seek a permit but didn’t want to get bogged down in red tape.

From The Wall Street Journal

“North” was a galvanizing book for its bog poems as well as sequences such as “Singing School” and “Whatever You Say Say Nothing”:

From The Wall Street Journal

Then the fighting got bogged down in attritional warfare during the bitter winter and into the muddy, early spring thaw.

From Seattle Times

Since Putin's invasion to "demilitarise" Ukraine got bogged down in the autumn, he and other Russian officials have played up the prospect the war could escalate to involve nuclear weapons.

From Reuters

But bogged down by visa restrictions, long passport wait lines and limited airline tickets to Europe, which are in some cases 80% more expensive than before the pandemic, Chinese tourists are staying closer to home.

From Reuters