quagmire
US /ˈkwæɡˌmaɪr/
・UK /ˈkwægmaɪə(r)/
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n. (c./u.)Noun (Countable/Uncountable)Soft wet area of low-lying land hard to walk on
The army was forced to move slowly through the sodden quagmire
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3 ways to pronounce the QU sound in English
- "quality", "queer", "query", "quail", "quake", right? "Quagmire." Don't ask. Okay? But there
"quality", "queer", "query", "quail", "quake", right? "Quagmire." Don't ask. Okay? But there
- Quagmire.
Quagmire.
Obama's answer to why he didn't invade Syria-CC Version
- going on in Syria without getting our troops involved in a quagmire.
going on in Syria without getting our troops involved in a quagmire.
- to be able to stop what's going on in Syria without getting our troops involved in a quagmire.
to be able to stop what's going on in Syria without getting our troops involved in a quagmire.
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- So that is the quagmire that we do exist in and not only on the African continent today, but globally around the world.
So that is the quagmire that we do exist in and not only on the African continent today, but globally around the world.
- So that is the quagmire that we do exist in, and
So that is the quagmire that we do exist in, and
'A lack of political will' Why don't nations step forward to stop the war in Sudan? | DW News
- So there is essentially a quagmire here.
So there is essentially a quagmire here.
- And so there is essentially a quagmire here.
And so there is essentially a quagmire here.
5 nouns to make you sound smart
- Next up, "quagmire." If we have this sentence: "The war has created a quagmire." So, when you think about a war happening anywhere in the world, it's probably a very difficult situation for citizens.
Next up, "quagmire." If we have this sentence: "The war has created a quagmire." So, when you think about a war happening anywhere in the world, it's probably a very difficult situation for citizens.
- And that is precisely what a quagmire is: is that it's a difficult, hard situation that is difficult to escape, that is difficult to get out of.
And that is precisely what a quagmire is: is that it's a difficult, hard situation that is difficult to escape, that is difficult to get out of.
Trump Whips Up Troops Into a MAGA Frenzy & Plans $45 Million Military Parade | The Daily Show
- Thank you, thank you. Desi, Desi, hi. I'm embedded here with the military parade and we're ready to go for the long haul. Wait, the long haul isn't the paraded one-day event? Yeah, that's what they always say, but you know the US military. One day in the Capitol turns into a 20-year quagmire real quick. Ronny, it's a parade.
Thank you, thank you. Desi, Desi, hi. I'm embedded here with the military parade and we're ready to go for the long haul. Wait, the long haul isn't the paraded one-day event? Yeah, that's what they always say, but you know the US military. One day in the Capitol turns into a 20-year quagmire real quick. Ronny, it's a parade.
- One day in the Capitol turns into a 20-year quagmire real quick.
One day in the Capitol turns into a 20-year quagmire real quick.
President Obama Delivers his Final State of the Union Address
- That's a recipe for quagmire, spilling American blood and treasure that ultimately will weaken us.
That's a recipe for quagmire, spilling American blood and treasure that ultimately will weaken us.
- quagmire, spilling American blood and treasure that
quagmire, spilling American blood and treasure that
Change Your Money Beliefs
- just in this quagmire and I felt really unauthentic because I was out running a business, I was
just in this quagmire and I felt really unauthentic because I was out running a business, I was
- and I was just in this quagmire.
and I was just in this quagmire.
Kanji Story - How Japan Overloaded Chinese Characters
- It's not the quagmire that you get into when you start memorizing all the kanji with their sound readings, their meaning readings, their substitutions and abbreviations.
It's not the quagmire that you get into when you start memorizing all the kanji with their sound readings, their meaning readings, their substitutions and abbreviations.
- It's not the quagmire that you get into when you start memorizing all the kanji with their sound readings, their meaning readings, their substitutions and abbreviations.
It's not the quagmire that you get into when you start memorizing all the kanji with their sound readings, their meaning readings, their substitutions and abbreviations.
Trump administration engaged in ‘preliminary conversations’ with Iran to end war
- and fake news is used to manipulate the financial and oil markets and escape the quagmire in which the U.S.
and fake news is used to manipulate the financial and oil markets and escape the quagmire in which the U.S.
- and fake news is used to manipulate the financial and oil markets and escape the quagmire in which the U.S.
and fake news is used to manipulate the financial and oil markets and escape the quagmire in which the U.S.