quagmire

• Leadership that can offer a way out of this quagmire is all but impossible to find. —  open Democracy News Analysis - Comments
• In the 109th Congress (2004-2006), when the Iraq quagmire was at its worst and Democrats were in the Senate minority, John McCain followed right along with the Republican leadership and his master in the White House, denying every effort by Democrats to help the troops, military families and Veterans. —  BobGeiger.com
• When the carriage had crossed the quagmire, the traveler found that his feet were covered with the black, heavy mud. —  Little Mr. Thimblefinger and His Queer Country
• After a trying march through a veritable quagmire, the troops sometimes up to their waists in slush the division at about 9 A.M. came within range of the Turkish position, and the leading brigade, the Belgaum Major Gen. Fry,) deployed for attack The ground was absolutely open, and the Turks had a perfect field of fire. —  New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 5, August, 1915
• The playing-field was a quagmire, and the girls had to depend upon walking for their daily exercise. —  The Princess of the School

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