1
as in stained
to make dirty
the sight of the standard, which had emerged from the battle mangled and mired, still stirred the soldiers' hearts
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2
as in trapped
to place in conflict or difficulties
the case has been mired in probate court for years
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Recent Examples of mired
After 118 plate appearances this season, Tatis is mired in the second-longest homerless streak of his career.
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Dennis Lin, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2026
Pohlman was the crew chief for only 10 races with Busch, who is mired in the worst slump of his two-decade career and ranked 27th in the points standings.
—ABC News, 27 Apr. 2026
Instead, Florida’s KidCare expansion has been mired in lawsuits and ongoing negotiations between the state and federal regulators.
—Daniel Chang, Miami Herald, 27 Apr. 2026
For DeVos, ownership will come with a learning curve, especially with his team currently mired in the middle of the pack.
—G.w. Allen, Robb Report, 26 Apr. 2026
And that was no small coincidence, not for a franchise coming off a 3-14 season and mired in the NFL's longest active postseason drought at 15 years.
—CBS News, 25 Apr. 2026
The trend This stock had been mired in a two-year downtrend and finally broken it.
—Jay Woods, CNBC, 23 Apr. 2026
The next phase will continue the post-Swalwell reshuffle, with Becerra either continuing his meteoric rise or reaching a plateau and with Democrats still mired in low single digits, deciding whether to continue their campaigns.
—Dan Walters, Mercury News, 22 Apr. 2026
Many people trusted volunteers and civil society more than the state, often seeing public officials as inefficient and mired in bureaucracy.
—Nataliya Gumenyuk, The Dial, 21 Apr. 2026
Dennis Lin, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2026
Pohlman was the crew chief for only 10 races with Busch, who is mired in the worst slump of his two-decade career and ranked 27th in the points standings.
—ABC News, 27 Apr. 2026
Instead, Florida’s KidCare expansion has been mired in lawsuits and ongoing negotiations between the state and federal regulators.
—Daniel Chang, Miami Herald, 27 Apr. 2026
For DeVos, ownership will come with a learning curve, especially with his team currently mired in the middle of the pack.
—G.w. Allen, Robb Report, 26 Apr. 2026
And that was no small coincidence, not for a franchise coming off a 3-14 season and mired in the NFL's longest active postseason drought at 15 years.
—CBS News, 25 Apr. 2026
The trend This stock had been mired in a two-year downtrend and finally broken it.
—Jay Woods, CNBC, 23 Apr. 2026
The next phase will continue the post-Swalwell reshuffle, with Becerra either continuing his meteoric rise or reaching a plateau and with Democrats still mired in low single digits, deciding whether to continue their campaigns.
—Dan Walters, Mercury News, 22 Apr. 2026
Many people trusted volunteers and civil society more than the state, often seeing public officials as inefficient and mired in bureaucracy.
—Nataliya Gumenyuk, The Dial, 21 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mired
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Additional surveillance footage showed Marcelin in his building's laundry room cleaning a kitchen mat that appears stained with blood, according to prosecutors.—
Ben Brachfeld,
PEOPLE,
20 Apr. 2026
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One of them, Amy, a blond child with limp ponytails and a thin dress that looks like it might have been stained, stands outside a porch door, her fists balled up, mouth open, angry or unhappy or both.—
Vince Aletti,
New Yorker,
18 Apr. 2026
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For too long, the conversation about digital assets has been trapped between price speculation and regulatory anxiety.—
Bob Diamond,
Fortune,
28 Apr. 2026
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And that duality is what makes the concept so tempting to explore more deeply — particularly through the interiority of a complex woman who will be literally trapped on the big screen.—
Alison Foreman,
IndieWire,
28 Apr. 2026
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Add the unpeeled garlic and toast until blackened, about 5 minutes.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
27 Apr. 2026
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Loss of valuables in the ruins The exteriors of some buildings remained blackened from the flames.—
Kanis Leung,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Apr. 2026
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Since January 17, however, Rochdale and York had been embroiled in their own private pass-the-parcel tussle, with the top spot changing hands a dozen times.—
Richard Sutcliffe,
New York Times,
26 Apr. 2026
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Bill Clinton’s numbers are flipped upside from when he was embroiled in the Monica Lewinsky scandal.—
Rob Crilly,
The Washington Examiner,
24 Apr. 2026
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When stormwater dirtied by road runoff, failing septic tanks and fertilizer sullied crystal-clear rivers and lakes, and nobody cared.—
Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board,
The Orlando Sentinel,
11 Jan. 2026
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Garments can be dirtied again by the elements if air-dried outside.—
Mary Cornetta,
Better Homes & Gardens,
20 Dec. 2025
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Within a month, the former lawyer was tangled in a complicated web of legal controversies.—
Brianne Tracy,
PEOPLE,
24 Apr. 2026
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McDavid appeared to catch an edge early in the second period after getting tangled up with teammate Mattias Ekholm and the Ducks’ Ian Moore.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Apr. 2026
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The Giants’ position really, really messed us up in trying to even negotiate with Oakland.—
Ian Miller OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
23 Apr. 2026
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The Rock Hall just messed this one up.—
Andy Greene,
Rolling Stone,
15 Apr. 2026
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The entrance of the American streamers into the factual drama space has muddied the waters in terms of defining a show’s success, according to Jeff Pope, who made his first streamer show last year.—
Max Goldbart,
Deadline,
29 Apr. 2026
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Voters say campaigns have muddied the waters on the issue, from contradictory direct mail campaigns to a leading ballot question.—
Jahd Khalil,
NPR,
20 Apr. 2026
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“Mired.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mired. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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