Mire
noun
An area of wet, soggy, muddy ground.
The hikers got stuck in the mire and had to retrace their steps.
verb
To get stuck or become difficult to move.
Without a map, they mired in the middle of the wilderness.
verb
To involve someone or something in a difficult situation.
His lack of careful planning mired the project in delays.
noun
A challenging or sticky situation or circumstance.
The negotiation was a mire of legal complications.
noun
An area of wet, soggy, muddy ground.
The hikers got stuck in the mire and had to retrace their steps.
verb
To get stuck or become difficult to move.
Without a map, they mired in the middle of the wilderness.
verb
To involve someone or something in a difficult situation.
His lack of careful planning mired the project in delays.
noun
A challenging or sticky situation or circumstance.
The negotiation was a mire of legal complications.
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/2Literal Ground
Use 'mire' to describe actual wet or muddy areas, often in nature or the outdoors.
The meadow turned into a mire after the heavy rain.
Pro Tip 2/2Stuck Imagery
'Mire' often creates imagery of being trapped or slowed down, physically.
After the flood, their backyard was a mire that trapped their shoes.
Pro Tip 1/2Literal Ground
Use 'mire' to describe actual wet or muddy areas, often in nature or the outdoors.
The meadow turned into a mire after the heavy rain.
Pro Tip 2/2Stuck Imagery
'Mire' often creates imagery of being trapped or slowed down, physically.
After the flood, their backyard was a mire that trapped their shoes.
Pro Tip 1/2Literal Ground
Use 'mire' to describe actual wet or muddy areas, often in nature or the outdoors.
The meadow turned into a mire after the heavy rain.
Pro Tip 2/2Stuck Imagery
'Mire' often creates imagery of being trapped or slowed down, physically.
After the flood, their backyard was a mire that trapped their shoes.
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Safari Live - Day 202 PIPE...
and this is a live and interactive Safari and it's great to of course have you all here so remember to send through those wonderful questions but so manga said we've got lots and lots of giraffe they seem to like it around here every single day without doubt on the main river road here in the mire triangle you can find not one giraffe but sometimes
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Safari Live - Day 190 PIPE...
what it's going to do it's going to hit this wall of burnt grass and it's going to stop and it's not going to run south but the fire itself as a management tool that's one of the management tools is protection of life and of property but if you burn large areas like what's happening up in the mire Arnon happens
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How to build your...
Instead of getting mired in what can get in our way, confidence invites us to perform with certainty. We all operate a little differently when we're sure we can win versus if we just hope we will. Now, this can be a helpful check. If you don't have enough confidence,
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Portraits of Afghanistan...
journalist and filmmaker i've reported for more than 60 countries around the world primarily on conflicts and human rights issues but my focus has been afghanistan throughout now is probably a good time to review some history afghanistan has been mired in non-stop
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Palenque and the Ancient...
in its inscriptions they cover you know many millenniums of time with the master calendar descriptions of the mire so you know noted for so that in a sense with this system that literally tamed eternity they wove mythical and real
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Safari Live - Day 206 PIPE...
take your life enjoy enhance the winds actually doing us a favor this time passing away oh no there's another car coming it's traffic traffic in the mire okay well hopefully I'll see you just thoughts I've got past all the dust in
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Chip Conley: Measuring...
but if that which is most valuable in our life and our business actually can't be counted or valued, aren't we going to spend our lives just mired in measuring the mundane? It was that sort of heady question about what counts
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Measuring what makes...
which is most valuable in our life in our business actually can't be counted or valued are we going to spend our lives just mired in measuring the mundane it was that sort of heady question about what counts that led me
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Is life meaningless? And...
His homeland of Algeria was mired in conflict between native Algerians and colonizing French Europeans. He lost his father in the First World War, and was deemed unfit to fight in the second.
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The career advice you...
awesome resource of leaders who are leading in middle management, which raises a different Why are there so many women mired in the middle and what has to happen to take them to the top?
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Safari Live - Day 202 PIPE...
and this is a live and interactive Safari and it's great to of course have you all here so remember to send through those wonderful questions but so manga said we've got lots and lots of giraffe they seem to like it around here every single day without doubt on the main river road here in the mire triangle you can find not one giraffe but sometimes
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Safari Live - Day 190 PIPE...
what it's going to do it's going to hit this wall of burnt grass and it's going to stop and it's not going to run south but the fire itself as a management tool that's one of the management tools is protection of life and of property but if you burn large areas like what's happening up in the mire Arnon happens
Video examples
How to build your...
Instead of getting mired in what can get in our way, confidence invites us to perform with certainty. We all operate a little differently when we're sure we can win versus if we just hope we will. Now, this can be a helpful check. If you don't have enough confidence,
Video examples
Portraits of Afghanistan...
journalist and filmmaker i've reported for more than 60 countries around the world primarily on conflicts and human rights issues but my focus has been afghanistan throughout now is probably a good time to review some history afghanistan has been mired in non-stop
Video examples
Palenque and the Ancient...
in its inscriptions they cover you know many millenniums of time with the master calendar descriptions of the mire so you know noted for so that in a sense with this system that literally tamed eternity they wove mythical and real
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 206 PIPE...
take your life enjoy enhance the winds actually doing us a favor this time passing away oh no there's another car coming it's traffic traffic in the mire okay well hopefully I'll see you just thoughts I've got past all the dust in
Video examples
Chip Conley: Measuring...
but if that which is most valuable in our life and our business actually can't be counted or valued, aren't we going to spend our lives just mired in measuring the mundane? It was that sort of heady question about what counts
Video examples
Measuring what makes...
which is most valuable in our life in our business actually can't be counted or valued are we going to spend our lives just mired in measuring the mundane it was that sort of heady question about what counts that led me
Video examples
Is life meaningless? And...
His homeland of Algeria was mired in conflict between native Algerians and colonizing French Europeans. He lost his father in the First World War, and was deemed unfit to fight in the second.
Video examples
The career advice you...
awesome resource of leaders who are leading in middle management, which raises a different Why are there so many women mired in the middle and what has to happen to take them to the top?
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Michael Specter
American Journalist
Humanity has nearly suffocated the globe with carbon dioxide, yet nuclear power plants that produce no such emissions are so mired in objections and obstruction that, despite renewed interest on every continent, it is unlikely another will be built in the United States.
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Jason Molina
American Musician
These people who have everything at their disposal as far as cash and connections, I think they just get so mired in the business side of things that they don't just sit at home and record records. Anybody can do that.
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Marine Le Pen
French Politician
France has been mired in people's minds for years. In reality, our children are taught that they have every reason to criticize her, to see only the darkest historical aspects.
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Teresa Medeiros
American Novelist
I'm especially interested in projects from authors who were always wonderful writers but who got stuck in the midlist mire due to the challenges of traditional publishing.
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Marcia Fudge
American Politician
The fact that our country, the greatest country in the world, remains mired in race relations issues in the year 2014 is an embarrassment.
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Sharice Davids
American Politician
Congress must do what we said we would and find ways to pay for bills we propose so we don't leave future generations mired in debt.
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Ruth Rendell
British Writer
I'm a very rigorous person. I like to take exercise. People get mired in old age, they get bent and twisted, but I can stop that.
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Milind Soman
Indian Model
I was mired in modelling and acting. But as I am an outdoors person, I was still trekking and doing some other activities.
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Tom Steyer
American Businessman
The dialogue around climate change can often become mired in gloom and doom, which is understandable given the topic.
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Michael K. Williams
American Actor
Having been through the muck and mire, I've had my own brush with bad choices.
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Michael Specter
American Journalist
Humanity has nearly suffocated the globe with carbon dioxide, yet nuclear power plants that produce no such emissions are so mired in objections and obstruction that, despite renewed interest on every continent, it is unlikely another will be built in the United States.
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Jason Molina
American Musician
These people who have everything at their disposal as far as cash and connections, I think they just get so mired in the business side of things that they don't just sit at home and record records. Anybody can do that.
Quote examples
Marine Le Pen
French Politician
France has been mired in people's minds for years. In reality, our children are taught that they have every reason to criticize her, to see only the darkest historical aspects.
Quote examples
Teresa Medeiros
American Novelist
I'm especially interested in projects from authors who were always wonderful writers but who got stuck in the midlist mire due to the challenges of traditional publishing.
Quote examples
Marcia Fudge
American Politician
The fact that our country, the greatest country in the world, remains mired in race relations issues in the year 2014 is an embarrassment.
Quote examples
Sharice Davids
American Politician
Congress must do what we said we would and find ways to pay for bills we propose so we don't leave future generations mired in debt.
Quote examples
Ruth Rendell
British Writer
I'm a very rigorous person. I like to take exercise. People get mired in old age, they get bent and twisted, but I can stop that.
Quote examples
Milind Soman
Indian Model
I was mired in modelling and acting. But as I am an outdoors person, I was still trekking and doing some other activities.
Quote examples
Tom Steyer
American Businessman
The dialogue around climate change can often become mired in gloom and doom, which is understandable given the topic.
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Michael K. Williams
American Actor
Having been through the muck and mire, I've had my own brush with bad choices.
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