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quagmire (KWAG mighr, KWAHG mighr) (s) (noun), quagmires (pl)
1. Soft muddy ground that is soaked and difficult to move around in: The had trouble driving his tractor because it was stuck in the quagmire after the heavy rains.
2. A predicament, serious difficulty, a precarious situation: The representative of the IMF (International Monetary Fund) stated that the EU (European Union) will need more than diplomacy to get Greece out of its financial quagmire.
A difficult or bad position.
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