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mire <a mire; mires> N GEOG

mire VB GEOG

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mire N

mire VB GEOG

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mire N

mire

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sink in mire VB

cause to stick fast in mire VB

Usage examples with mire

cause to stick fast in mire
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In addition, inefficient state firms and a banking system mired in bad loans and lost funds to foreign countries.
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The replacement process was mired in controversy, instances of corruption, and allegations of favouritism.
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She became mired in a scandal after it came to light she owed $8,400 in unpaid business taxes.
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The project was mired in heated controversy for decades.
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Most of the land consists of a lime-rich mire.
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However, what would otherwise have been a routine admission became mired in a national controversy due to the delicate balance between slave and free states.
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Initially the march was mired by heavy rain.
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A man who denies this is deep in the mire of folly.
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Some elections were held in the first shaky years, although they remained mired in corruption.
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Plans to complete an east-west connector road in the area were mired in controversy because of alleged adverse effects on the environment.
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