| 单词 | quicksand |
| 例句 | Climbing out of quicksand can be a long process, so be sure to take breaks when you feel your breath running out or your body beginning to tire. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z A queen lam, but my throne is made of burned bones, and it rests on quicksand. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z But the quicksand pulled her down before she could say any more. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z Marshy silt and decomposed plants made a surface that looked completely solid, but it was even worse than quicksand. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Just beneath the crust lay a twenty-foot stratum of the same quicksand Chicago builders always confronted, only now it was ice cold and a torment to workers. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z I flailed my arms about, consumed by images of quicksand from old Tarzan movies and episodes of Gilligan’s Island. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z I run my fingers along the line of my jaw as my feet sink into the concrete like quicksand. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z He had dimples like quicksand, and his hazel eyes reminded me of the sluggers’ skin. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z But it’s like they’re in shallow quicksand and don’t realize that it’s not too deep to survive. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The coup was a huge, fateful step into the quicksand that Vietnam was rapidly becoming for the United States. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z Or the teenage boys who were swallowed whole by a man-made quicksand pit on the property of an Illinois businessman. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Horsemen, riding very swiftly, had indeed been sighted: still far behind but gaining on the Orcs, gaining on them like a tide over the flats on folk straying in a quicksand. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z The floor beneath him gave way, and Nathan fell down into what seemed like quicksand. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z The first picture taken by the Viking 1 lander was of one of its own footpads—in case it were to sink into Martian quicksand, we wanted to know about it before the spacecraft disappeared. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “Like, hello? I was being swallowed by quicksand, okay?” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z Thinking those words is like pulling myself from a pool of quicksand. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z The causeway has become a sparkling road of stones and white shells, and the quicksand on either side, grim graveyard of nearly a hundred knights, looks as innocent as any beach. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z My limbs are heavy, and I am running through quicksand, but I am breathing and determined. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z At last numbness began to overtake her, and she felt sleep begin to envelop her like quicksand…. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z I felt like I was trapped in quicksand; would he ever get anything right? Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z The problem with this theory is that you don’t always know when you’re entering quicksand territory, not until it’s too late. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z His eyes, fixed on the back of the bedroom door, are glazed over, and he seems to be sinking into the bed as though into quicksand. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Mini grabbed hold of the rope, but the quicksand yanked her under. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z I think, This is what it must feel like to be trapped in quicksand. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z The Hot Pot was a natural sulfur spring in the desert north of town, surrounded by craggy rocks and quicksand. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z As I walk across the sanctuary, it’s like my feet are in quicksand. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Under ordinary circumstances, Aru probably would have slipped into the quicksand herself and both of them would have become dismal Wikipedia pages. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z The poor dear grew white as death, and shock and shivered, as I have seen a quicksand shake and shiver at the incoming of the tide. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z Which really is pot meet kettle, because, wow, up close he looks like he just emerged from a pit of quicksand—a total swamp thing. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z I knew if I ran, the sobbing would pursue me, and the water would thicken into quicksand. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Sam is rather smitten, and he surrounds Margaret with the sweet quicksand of his love. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z You discovered how to avoid quicksand and how to locate streams in otherwise parched land. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z The dream had been dark wet sand, shifting above water, quicksand with no bottom or top, no edges; it had quivered and heaved in spasms until he choked. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z I felt like I was trapped in one of those nightmares where you’re churning in quicksand. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z Herold led them to a quicksand pit about a mile away, shot them, and then sank their bodies. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z They found a steaming hot spring, and once they had tested it to be sure it wasn’t more quicksand, they eased themselves in. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z Like quicksand, almost, except the stink was incredible. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z “Not for us,” he added quickly, “for the Crochan. Sink the beastly pot in the quicksand!” The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z By all the laws of geophysics the Sierra Nevadas should be sinking, as if into quicksand. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z “Promise you’re going to be yourself from now on and not some lying weasel. Unless who you are is a lying weasel, in which case I am letting the quicksand keep you.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z Bring a large stick when going into quicksand territory. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Ihe War a Door Closes From your window you watch love and happiness sink like twins in quicksand when she drives away, leaving you suffocating in sleeplessness, out of breath and hope. Booked 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z It was like running in quicksand, trying to extricate herself from Elowen’s power. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Drop everything if you find yourself in quicksand. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z I have known the answer since the moment I threw myself, stomach first, into the quicksand. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z In comparison to the Broadway version, when you watch the musical’s one truly anguishing moment — the final parting of Orpheus and Eurydice as fate swallows her up like quicksand — the effect feels diminished. Review | ‘Hadestown’ ushers Broadway back to the Kennedy Center in style 2021-10-15T04:00:00Z Yams rightly understood that was quicksand to be avoided. ASAP Yams, of ASAP Worldwide, Bridged Hip-Hop Regions and Generations 2015-01-18T05:00:00Z Similarly, Welles’s colorful personal life — a rich stew of wives, lovers, feuding daughters and paternity rumors — is skated over as if it were quicksand. ‘Magician,’ an Orson Welles Retrospective by Chuck Workman 2014-12-09T05:00:00Z As foundations on which to build cases go, this one is quicksand. When I met Kirk Douglas, did I ask if he’d assaulted Natalie Wood? No, and here’s why | Hadley Freeman 2020-02-15T05:00:00Z It’s like building a hut on quicksand, and that speaks to my own experience as a child of immigrants and someone who travels a lot. Riz Ahmed Finds the Beat Between Qawwali and House Music 2020-11-10T05:00:00Z Ana and I are in the middle of taking a stand that we will not let her erratic life decisions destroy us, but for me, it is a stand staked in quicksand. All We Can Do: a short story by T.M. Shine Jake falls in love with a bygone age, but finally learns that nostalgia is a kind of quicksand that anyone can get caught in. 11.22.63: Stephen King's series about a time-traveller up against JFK's assassination is a long-haul treat 2016-02-15T05:00:00Z So pack your chickens, put on your long coat and try to avoid the quicksand. What tips for traveling have changed since medieval times? Surprisingly few. 2015-09-03T04:00:00Z They include alien abduction, balloons, heights, rabies and quicksand. Why Roz Chast Makes Fun of White Middle-Class New Yorkers 2016-09-01T04:00:00Z With many people following the same routes and, evidently, slipping rapidly into the same quicksand along the way, a genre of guidebooks emerged to help foundering pilgrims. What tips for traveling have changed since medieval times? Surprisingly few. 2015-09-03T04:00:00Z Hans' sister comments about their unreliable father, "He's the quicksand I grew up on." Ethan Canin's 'A Doubters Almanac' is a blazingly intelligent novel 2016-02-12T05:00:00Z Being anxious is like getting into quicksand — the more you fight it, the deeper you sink. Could our efforts to avoid anxiety only be making it worse? 2019-07-09T04:00:00Z I might soon be pulled under, like in the quicksand scene in “Lawrence of Arabia.” I Was Misinformed: I Was Misinformed: The Breakup Bed 2012-10-15T19:07:39Z The indirect evidence itself rests on a quicksand of changing medical definitions, sometimes mistranslated phrases from original testimonies and leaps forward in the understanding of diseases and how the body works. After Mozart?s Death, an Endless Coda 2010-08-24T17:50:00Z But rather than try to build upon a foundation of postmodernist quicksand, “A Thousand Clowns” had nowhere to go but “up,” where “Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close” went down. The kids are all wrong 2012-05-29T15:20:00Z The New River terminates in a deep and wide lagoon, with daunting waves and quicksand on the bottom. Explorer : Mud, Leeches and Stunning Beauty in Tasmania 2013-01-25T17:51:24Z “Once the foundation seemed solid under his feet, his mind turned to thoughts of earthquakes, quicksand, dynamite.” Richard Pryor, Flame-Thrower 2015-03-04T05:00:00Z “All for Nothing” begins with the narrator “standing in the quicksand with a smiling face.” Matt Berninger, king of melancholy music, is doing just fine 2020-10-13T04:00:00Z From then on, “Reparations” fully commits to a melodramatic style in its portrayal of people caught in moral quicksands. Review: In ‘Reparations,’ Righting Wrongs Comes With a Cost 2019-11-06T05:00:00Z It is as if Ishiguro creates a controlled quicksand into which the reader slowly falls and falls until submerged. Chigozie Obioma: By the Book 2019-01-03T05:00:00Z In addition to the T. rexes and other saurian menaces, he faces quicksand, large bugs, falling rocks, malfunctioning equipment and the withering judgment of a 9-year-old girl. ‘65’ Review: What on Earth? 2023-03-09T05:00:00Z The casting is delicious, the characters and their stories grow more complex with each episode, and Graham and Roxanna find that you can’t serve the rich without becoming caught in the quicksand of greed. Review: In Crackle’s ‘The Art of More,’ the White Gloves Come Off 2015-11-17T05:00:00Z Of the four friends, Mardo’s JB makes the liveliest case for a person with interests other than Jude, a rare glimpse at a world beyond Jude’s quicksand orbit. ‘A Little Life’ Review: A Collage of Unrelenting Torment 2022-10-21T04:00:00Z Next up for the Dukes is a play about the perilous quicksands of Morecambe bay. The Gift and the Glory | Theatre review 2010-04-04T21:30:00Z Yet for millions these days, that ground feels like quicksand. Perspective | Ask yourself: What are you grateful for? 2020-07-21T04:00:00Z “This place is like death,” observes a visitor to this floating charnel house, where rotting houses are slowly sinking into a “thick, viscous mud that sucked anything of weight into itself, like quicksand.” The Scene of the Crime: Four Mysteries in Ominous Locales 2018-10-05T04:00:00Z I hoped that Debbie Stone would fill that blank, a blank that seemed to be filling like quicksand with my own name. Dad always fell for the wrong women 2011-04-25T15:21:00Z Another death by quicksand, but a much sadder one. Lynn Shepherd's top 10 fictional drownings 2013-03-06T10:30:18Z The director dug his heels in, but he was standing on quicksand: the final say rested not, as he imagined, with himself, or with frequent collaborator Film4, but entirely with Sony. The muzzling of Michael Winterbottom: how Sony censored Greed 2019-10-07T04:00:00Z Thus “Bad Education” pitches into a kind of narrative quicksand, destabilizing our sense of the knowable. The 5 essential Pedro Almodóvar movies to watch on your way to ‘Pain and Glory’ 2019-10-08T04:00:00Z And one can be certain that when they went out to make and market “Princess and the Frog” they tried to avoid the quicksand they encountered on their first journey. The kids are all wrong 2012-05-29T15:20:00Z Stephen D. Smith, executive director of the University of Southern California Shoah Foundation and the chairman of genocide education for Unesco, points to the ethical quicksand in which the rabbi found himself. ‘The Last of the Unjust,’ About a Jewish Camp Official 2014-01-24T19:52:42Z Instead of approaching R&B as a bold exteriorization of the soul, her songs tiptoe inward, toward those quicksand corners of the brain where vivid feelings struggle to coagulate into coherent thoughts. Review | Yes, you can judge this Snoh Aalegra album by its cover 2021-07-30T04:00:00Z Each night she asked if there was news, her legs twirling in agitation, the horror of losing a much-loved parent exacerbated by the quicksand of uncertainty. Modern Love: What the Sea Took Away, a Daughter Restores 2014-04-10T21:45:28Z Had my family and I stumbled into the quicksand of the December Dilemma? Motherlode Blog: Tough Choices This Hanukkah (Holiday) Season 2011-12-26T21:18:24Z What I can say for sure is that downward mobility is like quicksand. ‘Poor people don’t plan long-term. We’ll just get our hearts broken’ 2014-09-21T04:00:00Z It's a feeling that stretches across the soundtrack, a pessimism foreshadowing that the path forward, filled as it is with potential, just might lead into quicksand. 'Hunger Games' soundtrack leaves listeners sated 2014-11-17T05:00:00Z The spikes certainly performed as advertised, but with one unadvertised problem: Every step in them was like stepping into quicksand. Remembering SkyMall, the in-flight catalogue at the apex of commercialism 2015-01-23T05:00:00Z The dog was a stray, a mutt, the best kind of dog, half German shepherd and half something else that made his legs so short he appeared to be sinking in quicksand. New York Playgrounds I Have Known 2016-08-31T04:00:00Z Antiabortion activists think themselves clever when they compare abortion to slavery, but reams of historical records prove their narrative to be rooted in quicksand. Whitewashing reproductive rights: How black activists get erased 2014-02-25T00:00:00Z It is also a place of quicksand, reflecting the ever-shifting emotional landscape revealed in Mozart's exquisitely crafted score. Dudamel and the L.A. Phil illuminate, elevate 'Cosi fan Tutte' 2014-05-26T04:00:00Z She’s a temp worker, living a temporary life that has the quicksand feeling of purgatory. Two Novels for and About Lost Millennial Women 2019-04-25T04:00:00Z At times, the proceedings resemble a particularly painful episode of “Curb Your Enthusiasm,” with the wisecracking, can’t-help-himself protagonist sinking deeper and deeper into a quicksand of his own making. ‘Weiner’ Covers a Political Campaign Set on Self-Destruct 2016-05-11T04:00:00Z And the financial aid office could be quicksand and chaos at once, where aid could be seriously delayed or riddled with errors. Is this Howard University’s tipping point? 2016-04-27T04:00:00Z “The flatly sung vocals are slightly off-putting but quite minimal and as the piercing, insinuating instrumental intensifies, it draws you in like quicksand. Coldly spacey, but fascinating,” he wrote. The First Days of Disco 2019-01-29T05:00:00Z His family once hoped Holley would be a preacher; between songs, he warned about a digital landscape where the “playground of foolishness” soon leads to the “quicksand field of stupidity.” Big Ears Festival: 15 Performances That Soothed, Jolted and Intrigued 2019-03-25T04:00:00Z In wet weather, quicksand forms on the boggy top, and the gullies rage water over the serrations seen from below, he said. Climbing the summits of Irish literature She goes on to opine that the staff and hosts are working under conditions "where the culture is so f**ked up, it feels like quicksand." From Hasselbeck to McCain, "The View" needs the "right" hook when casting its conservative co-host 2021-10-22T04:00:00Z But pitting Naru against a series of pop-up threats — an enraged bear, deadly quicksand, skeevy French fur trappers — is barely a plot. ‘Prey’ Review: Alien vs. Warrior 2022-08-04T04:00:00Z This dreadnoughtus likely drowned in quicksand, according to the Guardian, and its bones were very well preserved. Colossal dinosaur discovered: It “would have feared nothing in its landscape” 2014-09-04T04:00:00Z It was like quicksand: the more you struggle, the deeper you sink.” Seven talking points about Hillary Clinton's new book, 'What Happened' 2017-09-12T04:00:00Z Convicts, abandoned lovers, the dog that pulled someone out of quicksand, a crow in a Dickens novel. Michael Ondaatje: By the Book 2018-06-14T04:00:00Z The bay off France’s northwestern coast is full of quicksand, and it plays an important part in the story. Adam Gidwitz tells story of holy hound in ‘The Inquisitor’s Tale’ 2016-09-27T04:00:00Z Naïveté and sophistication, innocence and insight change places in the work so quickly that you feel as if you’re standing on quicksand. Art Fairs Come Blazing Back, Precarious but Defiant 2021-09-09T04:00:00Z “It shows how it crumbles fast. The ground we’re on is quicksand,” she said. Filipino journalist reflects on Nobel Prize win at Harvard 2021-11-16T05:00:00Z But then the ground below me, which had seemed so firm and solid, turned to quicksand. I thought I’d grieved the death of my sister – until I found this retreat 2019-03-23T04:00:00Z “In dancing I felt like the work I did was being built on quicksand, and the work I do here is something that will remain with me,” she said. Exchanging Slippers For Schoolbooks 2010-12-03T15:27:00Z He dreamt he was standing in a dark, airless desert, sinking in quicksand. Arthel 'Doc' Watson dies 2012-05-30T02:19:00Z Really, he loves the White House correspondents — in fact, he worships the quicksand you walk on. Style Invitational Week 1329: Shakespeare + Thee: A tailgater contest 2019-04-25T04:00:00Z Zeuthen is weighing up his company’s options; his board urging him to move jobs offshore in an effort to maximize profits, minimize tax and secure future prosperity – political quicksand for the PM. The Killing, season three – TV review 2013-07-24T22:55:13Z The four gals may be mired in narrative quicksand, but at least they look happily on trend. Fine Points: The Caftan Brings a Middle East Touch 2010-06-23T19:25:00Z The more we try to think our way out of it, the more we get mired in the quicksand of negativity. Need a quick stress-reliever? Try one of these surprising science-based strategies. 2021-09-07T04:00:00Z But the true satirical bite of the show lies in its suggestion that Silicon Valley is an empire built on quicksand — and that it, like Pied Piper, could one day sink into the earth. ‘Silicon Valley’ Season 3 Finale: An Empire Built on Quicksand 2016-06-26T04:00:00Z This field is called quantum foundations, which is inadvertently ironic, because the point is that precisely where you would expect foundations you instead find quicksand. What Does Quantum Physics Actually Tell Us About the World? 2018-05-08T04:00:00Z As staged by the inventive British director James Macdonald, this three-character, two-performer drama about an American war widow in the early 21st century slyly transformed the terra firma of a conventional, well-made play into quicksand. Review: Doubling Up on Toxic Manhood in ‘Dying City’ 2019-06-04T04:00:00Z And in that quicksand, without any irony to rescue him, he got stuck. Anti-Algorithm Fashion 2018-09-10T04:00:00Z Don’t some of the incidents in the Bible suggest an occasional coldness, even a “dark side”? This is the quicksand that draws novelists. A Norwegian Novel Complicates the Canon of New Testament Fiction 2018-10-19T04:00:00Z I was sinking in domestic quicksand as it was, with a husband working long hours and no family living nearby. Why three children is my magic number 2016-12-31T05:00:00Z I feel like a woman who has clawed up from quicksand, whose relief can’t conquer her residual fear. Curse of my birthing hips 2012-12-20T01:00:00Z At first it had seemed unfortunate and sad; we were caught in the quicksand of Indochina. Essay: Should We Have War Crime Trials? 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z Cannon fell into a deep depression that felt like he was “stuck in quicksand” after seeing people who he called friends ridicule him on social media. Q&A: Nick Cannon on talk show, overcoming backlash last year 2021-09-23T04:00:00Z Because the more Beauregard exercises his brutal skill, the deeper he sinks into the quicksand of his father’s fate. A Roaring, Full-Throttle Thriller, Crackling With Tension and Charm 2020-07-17T04:00:00Z This makes for a predictably redemptive outcome, yes, but it also goes to show that choosing the right course of resistance — like escaping a pool of quicksand — might be counterintuitive. ‘Digger’ Review: A Man Defends the Land Against Development 2022-05-19T04:00:00Z Hesitation followed, as I realised that if there were a self-publishing Archimedean point, it was well and truly rooted in quicksand. Looking for a great self-published book? Here's where to find it 2012-11-19T13:09:17Z How do you develop your swimming skills when you are sinking in quicksand? Perspective | Carolyn Hax: Can a separation save a reader’s marriage? 2018-09-27T04:00:00Z The boggle of medieval jester Tom Fool - who used to sit under the tree pictured, directing unsuspecting travellers across the nearby quicksands - still walks the castle. Cumbria is the place to boggle your Hallowe'en mind 2012-10-29T10:33:55Z "He feels like he's kind of submerging slowly in female quicksand and he needs a wingman to elevate him from it; it's a masculine, macho bearded confidant that he requires." Chris O'Dowd instills a hometown feel in Hulu comedy 'Moone Boy' 2015-05-16T04:00:00Z By this time I was back in New York, having failed again to connect reason to the quicksand of madness, and get him in the Maverick for the drive back to Arizona. Our last Thanksgiving 2012-11-23T01:00:00Z The rest of us were mired in the quicksand of limbo. The Year in Limbo 2021-12-18T05:00:00Z What followed was not clarification but something closer to six paragraphs of rhetorical quicksand: Every time I struggled to understand what the two architects were trying to say I sank further into the muck. For architects, Trump's wall reveals as much as it promises to close off 2017-03-16T04:00:00Z Why play four-four when your rhythm section could try to emulate the sound of a marching band skating on quicksand? Guardian First Album award: nominations 2010-12-23T22:15:01Z Its cacophonous plot unfolds in a town surrounded by quicksand. 'Trigun: Badlands Rumble': chaotic, colorful anime action for fanboys 2011-07-28T19:30:07Z "When you're a background singer, there's a springboard at the beginning, but it easily becomes quicksand if that's not what you want to do," she said. Backup singers take center stage in new documentary film 2013-06-14T19:30:42Z Today, tuning in feels like being deposited, lightly buzzed, into warm quicksand, and forgetting to extricate yourself because the marsh wildlife is riveting. The Sound of ‘Housewives’ Everywhere 2018-10-20T04:00:00Z Giant nudes appear trapped in the sidewalk, as if in quicksand. Scott McCloud's 'The Sculptor' an imaginative work of art 2015-02-06T05:00:00Z In doing so the museum stepped into the quicksand of murky rules, guidelines and ethical strictures meant to discourage museums everywhere from selling collections to pay bills. Museum Sells Pieces of Its Past, Reviving a Debate 2010-12-06T03:57:00Z Whatever attacking gears New Zealand might have, they may not be enough to find a way clear of second-half quicksand that swallows up opposing set-piece, rhythm and momentum. Springboks' big bet spices powerhouse World Cup final 2023-10-28T04:00:00Z “If we get embedded, buried in deep, soft regolith, we can lift our wheels up like lifting a leg up, and put it forward and drag ourselves out of the quicksand, if you will.” The moon’s south pole is a mystery. This image offers a stunning new glimpse 2023-09-19T04:00:00Z How did the entertainment industry become stuck in labor quicksand? Why Hollywood's labor nightmare won't end soon: frustration, fear and mistrust 2023-09-01T04:00:00Z The rest of the family waded through mud that felt like quicksand. When Hilary hit their small road, no one was prepared for the destruction that followed 2023-08-23T04:00:00Z There are no longer any functioning docks at the Salton Sea, and to launch their 300-pound, fiberglass-hulled Zodiac, they must now drag it through mud that can feel like quicksand. Scientists warned of a Salton Sea disaster. No one listened 2023-07-07T04:00:00Z The time he and a friend rode their horses into a canal filled with quicksand. Tulare Lake’s ghostly rebirth brings wonder — and hardship. Inside a community's resilience 2023-07-06T04:00:00Z We spent at least an hour moving as if we were in quicksand. Mt. Whitney: A perilous trek to the top of California's record snowpack 2023-06-09T04:00:00Z If U.S. tech stocks are flying - the Nasdaq rose for a third week and Wall Street's rally this year is entirely thanks to AI-centric stocks, according to SocGen - Asian tech is stuck in quicksand. Morning bid: Major macro signals from China, Japan 2023-05-14T04:00:00Z “I’m nowhere close to feeling stable right now. I spent all day trying to get off this sidewalk and never made it 30 feet. This place is quicksand.” ‘A Daily Game of Russian Roulette’: Homeless in San Diego 2023-05-13T04:00:00Z The natural world is home to other strange fluids, like lava, mudslides, avalanches and quicksand. Here’s the Weird Physics That Makes Peanut Butter a Liquid 2023-05-09T04:00:00Z The RSF also referenced Elon Musk's recent decision to purchase Twitter, and said his changes to the platform - including paid for verification - was like "quicksand" for journalism. Global press freedom under 'unprecedented' attack, report warns 2023-05-03T04:00:00Z These occur when snow around trees creates a hidden hole that can suck a snowboarder in as if it were quicksand. A friendship takes hold after dramatic Mt. Baker rescue goes viral 2023-04-09T04:00:00Z But it’s also undeniable that, in a previous era, a similar onslaught of prep recruiting misses could land a program neck-deep in a consuming quicksand. Analysis: How UW uses the transfer portal to address previous prep recruiting misses 2023-04-06T04:00:00Z This is Pelosi in her newest chapter, living her best life without the stresses of having to steer congressional Democrats past political pitfalls and through policy quicksand. 'I'm emancipated now': Nancy Pelosi enjoying life after leadership 2023-03-20T04:00:00Z Donald Stinson, 52, went to save the stranded cat, only to quickly need rescuing himself, as quicksand along the river quickly sucked him down. An Orange County fire crew charges north, giving aid to soggy Tulare County 2023-03-11T05:00:00Z Like quicksand, the thick slurry of sediments was so heavy that Domboski only sank further as he tried to pull himself out. This ghost town is too dangerous for humans because an endless fire burns beneath it 2023-03-04T05:00:00Z Some of his videos highlight antique traps, like a 19th-century wooden trap that is shaped like a rat and shoots harpoons from its eyes, or quicksand traps that suffocate rodents. Is There an Ethical Way to Kill Rats? Should We Even Ask? 2023-02-27T05:00:00Z “It was almost like being in quicksand, like the harder that you fought, the deeper that you sank.” Rout by Bengals exposed a Bills team that may be regressing 2023-01-23T05:00:00Z Despite the quicksand of our particular problems — and the paralysis caused by regret — we can choose a better path. Embrace God’s message of hope and optimism this Christmas season 2022-12-25T05:00:00Z “On the contrary, I think she’s a person who will know how to move in the quicksand of Peruvian power.” Who Is Dina Boluarte, the New President of Peru? 2022-12-08T05:00:00Z “We were trying so hard, and we were like running in quicksand,” Cavaliers coach J.B. Bucks storm back in 2nd half to beat Cavaliers 117-102 2022-11-25T05:00:00Z “We knew we were on the second night of a back-to-back, so our legs were running in quicksand a little as per usual for any team in this league,” Hardaway said. Mavs bounce back, end Banchero’s 20-point run to beat Magic 2022-10-30T04:00:00Z The words of that movement — “Now is the time to lift our nation from the quicksands of racial injustice to the solid rock of brotherhood” — still echo. Opinion | ‘Gaffes’ aside, I once assumed GOP goodwill on race. I was wrong. 2022-10-20T04:00:00Z Don’t be afraid to wade into this metaphysical quicksand. Perspective | Red Hot Chili Peppers are forever now 2022-09-12T04:00:00Z In addition, the delta region does not have the hard ground found in the areas of Africa where hippopotamuses flourish, and indeed "much of the area would be like quicksand to a hippo." The true story of when Congress almost released wild hippos into the Louisiana bayou 2022-09-04T04:00:00Z Colescott’s work piles up the transgressions with such density that one sometimes wonders whether he wants to lead the viewer through the morass, or just deposit them in the quicksand of his own roiling id. Review | Will the day come when the art of Robert Colescott isn’t shocking? 2022-08-18T04:00:00Z Buildings settle or tilt in the liquified sediment, which looks very much like quicksand in the movies. An Introduction to Geology 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z Rather, he recasts them to fit new information that comes to light, as if the truth were a fungible concept, no more solid than quicksand. Johnson’s Lies Worked for Years, Until They Didn’t 2022-07-08T04:00:00Z If the committee attempts this, it will sink into the quicksand of fascinating but legally problematic definitions of “conspiracy,” and of speech that becomes illegal by “inciting” illegality. Opinion | Why the Jan. 6 hearings’ vital task is to show Americans what happened 2022-06-10T04:00:00Z Scares and moments of peril include falling, quicksand, getting chased by giant rolling wheels, shrinking rooms with spiked walls and more. What to watch with your kids: ‘Jurassic World Dominion’ and more 2022-06-10T04:00:00Z Sometimes, too, the book lurches into the quicksand of what former Atlantic Monthly managing editor Cullen Murphy once called “provisional history,” or seems to weave from port to port with no ultimate destination in mind. Review | In undelivered speeches, history’s alternate paths 2022-06-03T04:00:00Z For law enforcement and social media companies, spotting a gun post from a potential mass shooter is like sifting through quicksand, Schweit said. Shooter warning signs get lost in sea of social media posts 2022-05-26T04:00:00Z They showed as much last week, in spectacular fashion, when Kevin Durant, Kyrie Irving and the rest of the Nets were swallowed up in their quicksand defense. Bucks’ Physical Play Makes Celtics Suddenly Look Average 2022-05-01T04:00:00Z The case is currently stuck in legal quicksand. How big are Donald Trump's legal problems? 2022-04-28T04:00:00Z A flurry of speech bills have sunk into the quicksand of partisan disagreements over freedoms of expression. As Europe Approves New Tech Laws, the U.S. Falls Further Behind 2022-04-22T04:00:00Z There is no way to make lines like these sound fresh, and they strand some scenes of “Nathan the Wise” in the quicksand of lugubriousness. Review | Theater J’s ‘Nathan the Wise’ highlights religious harmony — in 1192 2022-03-24T04:00:00Z The settlements at Versailles represented, as one observer noted, “a peace built on quicksand.” World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z I sink deeper and deeper each day into the quicksand, my body and mind aching more and more under the weight of each step, without even knowing if I’m walking toward anything. Opinion | Maryland judges must be trained on child custody and abuse 2022-02-17T05:00:00Z You know the soil is tight enough, Greene says, when you can put some weight on top and your fingers don’t disappear into the soil like quicksand. How to repot houseplants without killing them 2022-02-09T05:00:00Z The election also lacked a constitutional basis and rested on legal quicksand, experts said. Libya’s Long-Awaited Election Will Most Likely Be Delayed 2021-12-21T05:00:00Z Christie inveighs against “wallowing in the past” and “the quicksand of endless grievances.” Opinion | If Trump runs in 2024, he may find Chris Christie ready to rumble 2021-12-09T05:00:00Z The scholarship of the right is built on quicksand, not an intellectual foundation. Opinion | The Second Amendment fraud continues 2021-12-09T05:00:00Z It was found with its front end flat on its belly and the back end angled down to a lower level, almost as if caught in quicksand, Vargas said. New dinosaur species from Chile had a unique slashing tail 2021-12-01T05:00:00Z For Trout and Ohtani and others, the Angels have been something of an all-consuming quicksand, a franchise where elite talent slips into oblivion. Analysis | Shohei Ohtani wants to win. The Angels hope Noah Syndergaard can help get them there. 2021-11-23T05:00:00Z The bay, where 23 Chinese cockle pickers died in 2004, is notorious for quicksand, fast-rising tides, swirling currents and deep tidal channels. Cedric Robinson: Queen's Guide to Morecambe Bay sands dies 2021-11-20T05:00:00Z “It sounded like she was walking on quicksand.” A Tesla factory worker alleges sexual harassment is rampant in a rare lawsuit. Now other women are stepping forward. 2021-11-19T05:00:00Z Biden did the right thing pulling us out of the quicksand, but people are mostly going to remember the catastrophic visuals of the botched exit. Opinion | Wokeness Derails the Democrats 2021-11-06T04:00:00Z As some on Twitter noted, our 20 years of quicksand in Afghanistan was capped Friday with this headline: “Son of Afghanistan’s Former Defense Minister Buys $20.9 Million Beverly Hills Mansion.” Opinion | The Supreme Court v. Reality 2021-10-09T04:00:00Z He pulled us out of the quicksand of Afghanistan. Opinion | Manning Up, Letting Us Down 2021-09-11T04:00:00Z A family spokesman said: "He pioneered fundraising cross-bay walks and was responsible for leading 6,000 charity walkers a year, avoiding the treacherous quicksands and dangerous areas." Cedric Robinson: Queen's Guide to Morecambe Bay sands dies 2021-11-20T05:00:00Z Slot back Chance Warren added, “We were prepared coming in for all that, but we just didn’t execute. … Just kind of felt like we were in quicksand.” Navy runs aground against Air Force; OC Ivin Jasper fired after loss 2021-09-11T04:00:00Z “This week, we couldn’t move the ball at all; it was as if we were playing in quicksand.” Perspective | Navy and Air Force met on 9/11, which meant football was just a small part of the story 2021-09-11T04:00:00Z “Every time someone threw him a rope, he clung to it and pulled us a little further out of the quicksand he was born into,” Rodenberg writes. Review | A memoir that finds dignity in troubled people and places 2021-09-02T04:00:00Z “I was sinking in the quicksand of Cubans,” Clinton wrote. Opinion | Cubans who arrived in Wisconsin in 1980 offer a cautionary tale for Biden on Afghan refugees 2021-08-25T04:00:00Z Still, it is enraging to watch a parade of dunderheads preen on cable — anchors and generals and chatterers — the same people whose cheerleading ensnared us in 20 years of quicksand in Iraq and Afghanistan. Opinion | A Rough Beast Returns 2021-08-21T04:00:00Z “The evolution of virulence has proven to be quicksand for evolutionary biologists,” he says. New SARS-CoV-2 variants have changed the pandemic. What will the virus do next? 2021-08-19T04:00:00Z "It's a bit like walking on quicksand," he said. Coercive control: Male victims 'not taken seriously' 2021-08-16T04:00:00Z Now, at age 66, she is on financial quicksand. Many Pandemic Retirees Weren’t Ready. How to Cope if You’re One of Them. 2021-08-12T04:00:00Z He added that those who can’t are going “to get stuck in quicksand.” A Baseball Nomad Is Still on the Move 2021-07-25T04:00:00Z “Garland is dealing with more than the usual amount of quicksand,” Ms. Gorelick said. Garland Settles In but Trump Era Still Shadows the Justice Dept. 2021-07-09T04:00:00Z It appears that some unlucky plant-eating dinosaur got stuck in the quicksand and a pack of Utahraptors moved in on him for dinner. 9-ton rock full of dinosaur bones still yielding fossils 2021-03-06T05:00:00Z But she is keenly aware of how tough it has become in the quicksand of the current jobs market. Topshop: What happened after the shutters closed? 2021-02-28T05:00:00Z Without major structural reform of our economic system, the watered-down reforms he is pushing for, even if enacted, will be built on a foundation of quicksand. Joe Biden needs to emulate FDR and LBJ — but so far, he's not even close 2021-02-28T05:00:00Z “We reject open borders and instead support American sovereignty and the American worker. Building a movement on amnesty and cheap foreign labor is like building a house on a field of quicksand.” Trump reigns supreme at ‘TPAC’ 2021-02-26T05:00:00Z Unless every person is protected from the fear of poverty, all other social justice achievements will rest on a foundation of quicksand. The new "Greatest Generation" or the worst one? The 2020s will test younger Americans 2021-02-22T05:00:00Z Geologists believe the quicksand hardened into sandstone around 136 million years ago. 9-ton rock full of dinosaur bones still yielding fossils 2021-03-06T05:00:00Z Times is a generation too old for present Valley-ites: “When we moved to the Valley, I felt like I was being tossed into quicksand. There was no culture.” More than a big, flat suburb: Why the San Fernando Valley is so important to California history 2021-02-02T05:00:00Z This makes sense because, in prehistoric times, faulty predictions could lead to some very unpleasant surprises — like a tiger eating you or sinking in quicksand. Pandemic-Proof Your Habits 2020-11-28T05:00:00Z The company’s advertising campaign for its April introduction included a series of commercials featuring characters facing imminent death, whether by quicksand or from a zombie bite. Quibi, Short-Form Streaming Service, Quickly Shuts Down 2020-10-21T04:00:00Z This experience of sinking into emotional quicksand while bingeing on doom-and-gloom news is so common that there’s now internet lingo for it: “doomscrolling.” You’re Doomscrolling Again. Here’s How to Snap Out of It. 2020-07-15T04:00:00Z “The system kept drawing him in, grabbing ahold of him like quicksand.” Atlanta Mourns Rayshard Brooks in a Sanctuary Imbued With Civil Rights History 2020-06-23T04:00:00Z And athletics, they don’t venture into that quicksand. Opinion | The Risks When Colleges Reopen 2020-06-13T04:00:00Z “I feel like there’s a 30-pound trench coat of water on me. Just heavy. It’s like I’m walking in quicksand.” L.A. firefighter fights against time in battle with ALS 2020-05-22T04:00:00Z AT&T’s dealings with regulators, however, turned into quicksand: The Justice Department in 2017 sued to block the merger, which led to a protracted court battle that AT&T eventually won. Inside HBO Max's scramble to launch a massive bet on streaming 2020-05-21T04:00:00Z That is particularly confusing during these in-between moments, when the already muddy path forward is almost quicksand, when the road forks in multiple directions and a fog is setting in. Strangeness of the day: For Americans, an in-between moment 2020-05-11T04:00:00Z As though trapped in quicksand of his own making, the more he struggles to prop himself up with a facade of strength, the more brutally inept he looks to any non-cultist who's paying attention. Dr. Trump's crazypants new plan: A fast reopen, lots more death and he wins anyway 2020-05-05T04:00:00Z “I would characterize this period as going through quicksand until we get a vaccine,” Zandi said. GDP report to show a damaged economy sliding into recession 2020-04-29T04:00:00Z Dwight Eisenhower once sank past his knees in Rae's Creek at the 12th in what turned out to be quicksand. A Master's first look at the Masters - Golf Digest 2020-04-09T04:00:00Z Faldo was the one player he didn’t want to face when treading quicksand. My favourite game: Nick Faldo v Greg Norman, 1996 Masters | Ewan Murray 2020-04-07T04:00:00Z What about when the sandbox turns into quicksand? Beyond the beach of doom: what made Lithuania art's world champions? 2020-03-04T05:00:00Z The quicksand spot is one of a series of Quibi advertisements that explore the theme of mobile entertainment as an inappropriate way to spend the remaining moments of your life. What’s a Quibi? A Way to Amuse Yourself Until You’re Dead 2020-02-26T05:00:00Z “The Father” is meant to be a quicksand. Review: Alfred Molina, like Lear with dementia, thunders in 'The Father' at Pasadena Playhouse 2020-02-12T05:00:00Z “I was in quicksand. I panicked like everybody does, but I didn’t surrender. I found a way out.” Shania Twain calls relationship with husband 'twisted' years after affair scandal 2020-01-30T05:00:00Z And by that second game, we looked like we were running in quicksand. Dutcher’s No. 7 Aztecs once again San Diego’s hottest ticket 2020-01-07T05:00:00Z “It’s like quicksand. You get bogged down in this lack of confrontation, lack of clarity,” said LaJeunesse. A top Google exec pushed the company to commit to human rights. Then Google pushed him out, he says. 2020-01-02T05:00:00Z The subtext of the ads is that, unlike the man sinking in quicksand, the cowboy tied to the tracks or the doomed occupants of the Oval Office, we get that we’re ridiculous. What’s a Quibi? A Way to Amuse Yourself Until You’re Dead 2020-02-26T05:00:00Z Saturday’s results: Front runners dominated Saturday on the dirt which was bad news for No Parking Here who looked like he was running in quicksand into the stretch and finished nowhere. Racing! What a day for Mike Smith (and Omaha Beach) 2019-12-29T05:00:00Z These include, in rapid succession, flying Stormtroopers — yes, they fly now, as Poe notes sardonically — quicksand and a giant, carnivorous worm, as well as many scenery and climate changes. Review | ‘Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker’ may give fans what they want, but not what the story needs 2019-12-18T05:00:00Z The earthquake caused land there to act like quicksand, a process called liquefaction. This is what a devastating earthquake in California would look like in real life 2019-12-12T05:00:00Z Compared to that performance, Wilson looked like he was operating in quicksand Sunday night. Rams stay in their lane on pass rush and Seahawks' Russell Wilson can't steer clear 2019-12-09T05:00:00Z It’s funny because it’s relatable: Like the explorer in quicksand, I am also slowly but inevitably dying, and I am using my finite time to watch videos on my phone. What’s a Quibi? A Way to Amuse Yourself Until You’re Dead 2020-02-26T05:00:00Z Grace’s sometimes smug responses to Charlotte’s high-heeled strolls into political and emotional quicksand are more upsetting than Charlotte’s mistakes, because Grace believes she knows better, when, in fact, no one does. Joan Didion’s Early Novels of American Womanhood 2019-11-25T05:00:00Z Instead, the arc of his life illuminates the descent of the Right — and much of our political machinery — into a quicksand of cynical shamelessness from which we are struggling to escape. Opinion | Roger Stone should be a footnote in history. Instead, his life shows our descent to shamelessness. 2019-11-15T05:00:00Z “The single greatest mistake our country made in its history was going into the quicksand of the Middle East.” U.S. deploying 3,000 troops, advanced equipment to Saudi Arabia 2019-10-11T04:00:00Z “It’s very difficult to message on quicksand,” she said. Facing Fresh Revelations, Republicans Struggle to Mount a Defense of Trump 2019-10-04T04:00:00Z He has fallen into quicksand; tumbled from peaks; sailed into a cyclone; been shot at, searched, and detained; had his dinghy swamped among hunting leopard seals. A Photographer at the Ends of the Earth 2019-09-30T04:00:00Z “But you’ll also find people who are saving money wherever they can and who are trying to get out of the homeless quicksand.” How a Tuxedoed Sommelier Wound Up Homeless in California 2019-09-28T04:00:00Z Speaking to Sky News, he insisted testing the law's limits was "the responsible thing to do" and accused Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn of dragging the country "into the quicksand" by backing the legislation. Brexit's big week: Five things that happened this weekend 2019-09-08T04:00:00Z We discovered the truly terrifying properties of glacial silt, like quicksand. Opinion | Lost in Alaskan Wilderness, I Found My Anti-Home 2019-08-31T04:00:00Z “It feels like being stuck in quicksand,” she said. Mia Khalifa is among the world’s most-watched women. Yet the porn industry is keeping the profits. 2019-08-16T04:00:00Z Their escape plan rapidly unravels in this quicksand town and Mozaffari captures it all with a sense of breathless immediacy, a wildly roving handheld camera just trying to keep up. Review: Canadian drama ‘Firecrackers’ marks the daring arrival of new talent 2019-07-11T04:00:00Z Although the shaking was less intense, Trona’s location on soft sediments that have eroded off a mountainside — known as an alluvial fan — caused the ground to act like quicksand, O’Dell said. Ridgecrest earthquake mystery: Why so little destruction from huge temblors? 2019-07-10T04:00:00Z "Because it's just like being in quicksand or cement." Buried alive in beans: ‘Grain entrapment’ calls for specialized rescue training 2019-06-15T04:00:00Z “Because it’s just like being in quicksand or cement.” ‘Like quicksand’: Ohio farmer survives soybean entrapment 2019-06-15T04:00:00Z “Because it’s just like being in quicksand or cement.” ‘Like quicksand’: Ohio farmer survives soybean entrapment 2019-06-15T04:00:00Z “Thrilling adventures abound in the four volumes, but Wolfe’s prose always remains serenely, gravely measured, even if its surface smoothness is that of quicksand,” wrote Washington Post book critic Michael Dirda. Gene Wolfe, science-fiction writer with a literary touch, dies at 87 2019-04-28T04:00:00Z Thus, history is littered with the failed campaigns of candidates whose robust early poll numbers proved soft as quicksand. Opinion | Biden’s campaign might start a lot like how ‘Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid’ ends 2019-04-23T04:00:00Z The force of last year’s quake saw entire neighbourhoods levelled by liquefaction – a process where the ground starts behaving like a liquid and swallows up the earth like quicksand. Strong earthquake hits Indonesia, triggering brief tsunami warning 2019-04-12T04:00:00Z One night he felt as if he was “fighting through quicksand,” he wrote. Scott Kelly Spent a Year in Orbit. His Body Is Not Quite the Same. 2019-04-11T04:00:00Z "I see a country in quicksand unable to solve problems and threats from abroad — unable to make life better for people here at home. Nothing gets done," Swalwell told the late-night talk show host. California Rep. Eric Swalwell enters 2020 presidential race with a focus on gun violence 2019-04-09T04:00:00Z Now Democrats are finding their initiatives stuck in the same Trump quicksand, struggling to reach a broader audience. Analysis | House Democrats struggle to break through when it’s all Trump, all the time 2019-03-01T05:00:00Z A growing number of Americans are standing on the edge of financial quicksand, and don’t recognize the peril they’re in. Avoid the rising muck of financial quicksand 2019-03-02T05:00:00Z An Arizona man who was hiking with his girlfriend at Zion National Park in Utah is telling the tale of being stuck hip-deep in quicksand for 11 hours during a winter storm over the weekend. Arizona hiker describes being hip-deep in quicksand in Utah park 2019-02-19T05:00:00Z An Arizona hiker said he thought he was going to lose his leg after he got stuck in quicksand for nearly 10 hours at Zion National Park during a winter storm. Hiker who got stuck in quicksand at Zion National Park for 10 hours says he thought he was going to lose leg 2019-02-19T05:00:00Z Zion National Park says the 34-year-old man from Arizona and his companion were unable to free him after his leg got buried knee-deep in quicksand on Saturday afternoon. Hiker who got stuck in quicksand at Utah park rescued 2019-02-18T05:00:00Z “We just didn’t have no jump, it looked like we were skating in quicksand and it caught up to us a little bit.” Atkinson scores twice, Blue Jackets beat Golden Knights 4-3 2019-02-10T05:00:00Z Financial quicksand looks just like ordinary, solid financial ground to many Americans. Avoid the rising muck of financial quicksand 2019-03-02T05:00:00Z “The entire story was built on quicksand,” he said Tuesday. Jordan B. Peterson: NYTs showing ‘willful blindness’ on free speech threats by tech companies 2019-01-02T05:00:00Z Should we focus on how the president is shoving us into a pond of epistemological quicksand? Life at Trump speed: Mental whiplash and forgotten outrages 2018-12-06T05:00:00Z Coleman worried that information from such incidents was sinking into “the quicksand of the internet,” but she said preserving lists of passwords and user data made little historical sense. Leak site’s launch shows dilemma of radical transparency 2018-12-03T05:00:00Z “Being homeless is like being in quicksand,” she said. Perspective | ‘Being homeless is like being in quicksand.’ N Street Village is a lifeline. 2018-12-02T05:00:00Z The cancellation leaves little doubt that the diplomatic process between the United States and North Korea is now mired in quicksand after peaking in Singapore with the initial summit between the two leaders. Diplomacy Appears Stalled With North Korea, Despite Trump’s Declarations 2018-11-07T05:00:00Z Many of the hundreds and perhaps thousands who are still missing may be buried in the mud that acted like quicksand during the shaking and swallowed whole neighborhoods. AP Photos: Editor selections from the past week in Asia 2018-10-11T04:00:00Z The ground simply lost its strength and turned to mush beneath people’s feet, creating mud that acted like quicksand. Area hit hard by Indonesia quake was seen as high-risk zone 2018-10-08T04:00:00Z “We are playing in the quicksand fields of stupidity! Playing in the playground of foolishness! We should have technical advances where we aren’t hurting humans. We should be emptying out prisons.” Twenty-six siblings and a child labour camp: how Lonnie Holley’s epic life led to the year’s best album 2018-10-05T04:00:00Z Along the coast, debris was strewn across beaches; in some inland areas, entire buildings appeared to be swallowed up when violent shaking turned the soil into something like quicksand, a phenomenon geologists call liquefaction. ‘We Just Ran’: Scale of Tsunami Horror Emerges in Indonesia 2018-10-01T04:00:00Z Officials on Sunday shared chilling videos and photos on social media of land “liquefaction” in the wake of the disaster, during which the soil turns into something akin to quicksand and drags buildings into it. Death toll soars past 800 in Indonesian earthquake, tsunami 2018-09-30T04:00:00Z For now, their minds are on earning free entry into a university, avoiding the quicksand of student debt. Opinion | The Kids Who Still Need Football 2018-09-08T04:00:00Z I’ve done quicksand rigs for actors, and this was similar, but the material we use on those can be really light. Why the hardest special effect on A Quiet Place was corn 2018-07-08T04:00:00Z I spent all of my childhood thinking about ghosts, worrying about getting beheaded, worrying about falling into quicksand, and now I never worry about that. 'Summer Camp Island' creator Julia Pott on the show's magical, collaborative journey 2018-07-07T04:00:00Z There’s a story of at least one rider, who knew the trail very well, but was trying to take a short cut one night and ended up in quicksand and only survived by luck. Why the Short-Lived Pony Express Still Fascinates Us 2018-06-23T04:00:00Z Other parts of the shore are covered in mud and silt so fine it resembles quicksand. As California’s largest lake dries up, it threatens nearby communities with clouds of toxic dust 2018-06-06T04:00:00Z Dear President Macron: Making an agreement with Donald is like trying to turn quicksand into the foundation for a skyscraper. Emmanuel Macron to Press Trump to Keep Iran Nuclear Deal 2018-04-23T04:00:00Z With titles such as “withdrawal/quicksand”, the work from this period is loaded with symbolic imagery. The art born of opioid addiction 2018-02-15T05:00:00Z With the bulging eyes and innocence of a Harpo Marx-like fool, Mr. Allen ambled onstage with his trademark catchphrase, “Hello dere,” and quickly waded into comic quicksand. Marty Allen, fuzzy-haired member of popular 1960s comedy duo Allen & Rossi, dies at 95 2018-02-13T05:00:00Z Obstruction of justice in the political sense, where Trump is mired now, it’s like quicksand – you can’t better your own situation by thrashing around. Memo release is Trump's scramble to torch threats to himself – and his circle 2018-02-03T05:00:00Z He recalled a sea of mud so thick that crews had trouble slogging through it or so watery it was like quicksand. Hundreds search for victims of California mudslide 2018-01-10T05:00:00Z “We were worried that the court would be like quicksand,” she said. Indonesia’s Crackdown on Gay Men Moves From Bars Into the Home 2017-12-20T05:00:00Z But for some reason Atlanta’s dynamic duo is stuck in quicksand this season, struggling to find that scoring connection in the first half of a frustrating season for the defending NFC champions. Ryan, Jones still struggling to find touchdown connection 2017-11-05T04:00:00Z “He is a thundercloud. He is quicksand. He is a deep bog.” Opinion | Men of the world: You are not the weather 2017-10-18T04:00:00Z The problem with this campaign from the beginning was that our military dominance was patched on top of political quicksand. Opinion | The rubble in Raqqa reminds us of our military might. But what’s next? 2017-10-19T04:00:00Z Gerrymandering may be a political “thicket,” but the Supreme Court’s hesitancy to tackle the weightier problem of legislation without fair representation will fast lead the nation into political quicksand. Opinion | The Supreme Court must weigh in on gerrymandering 2017-10-04T04:00:00Z He wanted to wade into quicksand to see how he would respond. Max Scherzer chooses to run up pitch count 2017-09-14T04:00:00Z “Now is the time to lift our nation from the quicksand of racial injustice to the solid rock of brotherhood.” Trump called him 'my African American.' But he condemns the president's treatment of black America 2017-08-31T04:00:00Z With southeast Texas rainfall measured in feet, not inches, and a grim landscape of homes seeming to sink into a quicksand of floodwaters, it’s no small miracle that the death toll thus far is small. Recent editorials from Texas newspapers 2017-08-29T04:00:00Z Political institutions, he concluded, should not be built on the quicksand of optimism about human nature. What Would Madison Do About the Budget? 2017-08-15T04:00:00Z It might literally be the only thing keeping the president’s head above the surface-tension of an increasingly suffocating and self-manufactured quicksand pit. Trump wants to take credit for the strong economy: Like everything else he does, it’s likely to backfire 2017-08-07T04:00:00Z The indignities he suffers are not unlike those in “quicksand comedies” like “Bridesmaids” or “Meet the Parents”, but there is no hope for cathartic laughs here. A new film sheds light on New York’s Hasidic community 2017-07-28T04:00:00Z Washington’s slide into quicksand has given Republican state legislators and governors new enthusiasm to restrict the federal government. Conservative state legislators plot ways to get Washington under control 2017-07-21T04:00:00Z There were two foreclosures, and for a while it seemed the quicksand of family fate was tugging at her ankles. Olympic Medal, Earned; Glory, Denied; Future, Uncertain 2017-07-07T04:00:00Z Instead, he’s mired in political quicksand and waffling in his response to a recent court ruling that could dramatically change the way Colorado regulates the state’s oil and gas industry. Colorado Editorial Roundup 2017-06-14T04:00:00Z But what happens when the emotional quicksand gets too much? When to unfollow all the people you hate on social media - Golf Digest 2017-06-02T04:00:00Z Unfortunately, because Lula’s reforms had only got through parliament with the aid of bribery, those achievements were built on ethical quicksand. Has Brazil’s Operation Car Wash exposed the biggest corruption scandal ever? 2017-06-01T04:00:00Z What if there were a way to avoid that conversational quicksand? Spare Yourself From Tedious Small Talk 2017-05-23T04:00:00Z The Johnson White House found itself sinking in “a quicksand of lies” about the war’s strategy, troop levels and costs, McMaster writes, posing a dilemma for Johnson’s military advisers. Review | 20 years ago, H.R. McMaster wrote a cautionary tale. Now he risks becoming one. 2017-05-19T04:00:00Z Except that with every passing day of Trump's tenure, and the selective, agenda driven news reporting at FOX News, we sink deeper into the quicksand. In House of Murdoch, Sons Set About an Elaborate Overhaul 2017-04-22T04:00:00Z “Must win” games don’t exist in April, but that doesn’t mean the M’s weren’t at least calf-deep in quicksand. Mariners did a lot more than just win one game with rally to beat Rangers 2017-04-16T04:00:00Z Broccoli casserole is quicksand in stinky aged cheese and crusted with Cheetos, with some bread to scoop it up. Cheetos on the menu? Quirky Cook Weaver adds some interest to happy hour 2017-03-01T05:00:00Z Washington has found a tactic that South Carolina never thought of in a less litigious era: trap the executive authority in the quicksand of endless argument in the courts. Opinion | The immigration ban and its resulting threats to our nation 2017-02-14T05:00:00Z It’s like being trapped in quicksand: the more you struggle to get out of it, the deeper you sink. Ruby Wax: 'I wanted to find a method to defuse my depression' 2017-01-10T05:00:00Z But you don’t pull yourself out of quicksand by agreeing to leave one foot in the muck. How to survive 2017: believe in protest, barricade your uterus and tax yourself | Lindy West 2016-12-13T05:00:00Z Except that what we were told was bedrock has maybe long been quicksand. Jill Stein: US election recount is vital to reform our broken voting system 2016-12-08T05:00:00Z In an office at the Sudd Institute, a think tank he founded in Juba, he grapples with what will happen if the young country’s trials continue to be written in quicksand. Can Archivists Save the World’s Newest Nation? There are few places where the political landscape is turning to quicksand as quickly as McDowell, the poorest county in West Virginia. Pain, anger and fear: US voters deprived of a serious presidential election 2016-11-04T04:00:00Z Once he enters into trouble, the mound turns into quicksand. Gio Gonzalez to return to Nationals in 2017 2016-11-03T04:00:00Z It’s journalistic quicksand for a moderator at a debate to step in and try to right every wrong or correct every comment. The Wrong Lessons From Matt Lauer 2016-09-18T04:00:00Z Who knew quicksand was a real threat in Southern California? Vin Scully's final Dodger broadcasts will be heard by all of Southern California 2016-09-03T04:00:00Z Serious danger: The threat of quicksand in Southern California is real. Essential California: When a false alarm upends an entire airport 2016-08-30T04:00:00Z “Like a—what they call it? Quicksand. Stepping on quicksand.” The Reinvention of Gucci Mane 2016-08-01T04:00:00Z These are the plans that are in fiscal quicksand and cannot be saved without significant changes. How to Save Public Pensions, No Federal Bailout Needed 2016-07-17T04:00:00Z Otherwise, the world will sink into a quicksand of negative nominal and real interest rates and productivity with it. What the Seesaw Jobs Numbers Are Really Telling Us 2016-07-08T04:00:00Z With reality miring plans in quicksand he would ratchet up polarisation and distraction. Insult, provoke, repeat: how Donald Trump became America's Hugo Chávez 2016-06-22T04:00:00Z "We need to make sure it's not quicksand." With oil price near $50, resilient U.S. shale producers eye new chapter 2016-06-20T04:00:00Z Certainly, such an alliance is based on quicksand until we have clarified whether any Saudi official helped destroy the twin towers. We deserve to know whether Saudi officials aided 9/11 terrorists 2016-05-21T04:00:00Z For long passages they were overwhelmed by a side who had spent 237 days in the relegation quicksands. Sunderland safe after Lamine Koné double sinks crumbling Everton 2016-05-11T04:00:00Z Let him have his convention, don't follow him into that quicksand. Cleveland or Bust? Not So Fast 2016-05-09T04:00:00Z Sanders isn’t able to dig deeply into what he deftly refers to as “the quicksand of the past” to find much beyond the material in his first book. The lingering mystery of Sharon Tate and the Manson murders 2016-04-08T04:00:00Z His quicksand hole Sunday was the par-3 14th, in which he found bunkers with his tee shot and his second shot. Jason Day Leads All the Way at Arnold Palmer Invitational 2016-03-20T04:00:00Z Such movies also, as the inbox-backlashers eagerly note, help pull us into the quicksand of our collective self-pity. Oscars 2016: Victimhood and justice are major themes in this race, which reveal a lot about us 2016-02-26T05:00:00Z “There’s plenty to say about what happened,’’ Mr. Trump said, adding that the elder Bush brother led the country into “quicksand.” In Louisiana Rally, Donald Trump Takes Shots at South Carolina Rivals 1459-08-03T05:00:00Z He was not there to step into any sort of quicksand that might have threatened his national lead and his strength in Iowa, where the first votes will be cast in caucuses Monday night. Even in boycott, Donald Trump succeeds in winning Republican debate 2016-01-29T05:00:00Z “This case was built on quicksand,” Bennett said. Gray lawyer: Evidence that ex-D.C. mayor unaware of shadow campaign 2015-12-10T05:00:00Z “I was sinking in the quicksand of Cubans and car tags,” Clinton, who defeated White two years later, wrote in his 2004 autobiography. Analysis: Arkansas has mixed history on welcoming refugees 2015-11-21T05:00:00Z Another volume is unlikely, given the commercial quicksands undermining these businesses. Closing down: the couple chronicling New York's disappearing storefronts 2015-11-19T05:00:00Z But it’s been a long, long time where the team was just kind of mired in quicksand, where you couldn’t see any hope from week to week, you couldn’t see them getting better. Think you know what’s next for the Redskins? That’s ‘hysterical.’ 2015-11-16T05:00:00Z “The searchers said it’s like wading into quicksand,” he said. Search suspended for man swept away in California flooding 2015-10-20T04:00:00Z It is a marshy area that Filenko described as being like quicksand in some types of weather. Fox Lake Police Officer Was Shot With His Own Gun 2015-10-01T04:00:00Z “Like our feet were in quicksand,” she said. This is the Carly Fiorina legacy that nobody has talked about 2015-09-17T04:00:00Z Final verdict: Mr Walker's campaign sinking in quicksand and tonight's debate wasn't the lifeline he needs. Republican 2016 debate: Who were the winners and losers? - BBC News 2015-09-17T04:00:00Z In hindsight, there were signs that her business, and the entire Florida real estate industry, were built on quicksand. Once humbled in the real estate market, boomerang buyers poised to return with a roar 2015-08-20T04:00:00Z Yet they remain stuck in quicksand, their footing in the National League East slowly slipping. Kershaw masterful as Dodgers shut out Nationals for second straight night 2015-08-13T04:00:00Z Lacovara believes that the dinosaur died as a result of a storm that caused a river to break through a levee, turning the ground into something resembling quicksand. Somerset County native helps to unearth Patagonian giant 2015-08-08T04:00:00Z Key players Lens could be the key to us not getting into the relegation quicksand, and we look to Lee Cattermole to continue to show the positive side of his game. Premier League fans’ verdicts part 2: Newcastle United to West Ham United 2015-08-01T04:00:00Z Why did the party allow itself to become stuck in this quicksand? Why China’s stock market bubble was always bound to burst | Orville Schell 2015-07-16T04:00:00Z If you’re working at an organization that is stuck in big data quicksand, I am here to tell you ‘why,’ and ‘how’ to fix it. TeradataVoice: Avoiding The Drift Into Analytics Oblivion: Turning Your Business Into An Analytics-Driven One 2015-06-02T04:00:00Z And that’s just a small sample of the economic quicksand that many black residents of Baltimore live on. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar: Baltimore Is Just the Beginning 2015-05-06T04:00:00Z Most states also suspend licenses for failure to pay traffic fines, another policy that critics say creates a quicksand of debt. With Driver’s License Suspensions, a Cycle of Debt 2015-04-14T04:00:00Z The neutral zone still treated them like quicksand. Caps fall to Hurricanes, 3-0 2015-02-27T05:00:00Z “Through it all,” Few said, referring to the quicksand pace offensively, “I thought we played fantastic defense.” Gonzaga pulls away from San Diego 2015-02-27T05:00:00Z “We were not as sharp as we needed to be with our ball screen defense. We got blitzed off the ball screen a couple of times. Offensively, there were times we were like in quicksand.” No. 20 Buckeyes rally late but come up short at Purdue 60-58 2015-02-04T05:00:00Z “Life as a Syrian refugee in Jordan is like being in quicksand; whenever I move, I sink a little bit further,” Mohammad, a father of four children, told UNHCR. U.N. Paints Bleak Portrait of Life for Jordan's Syrian Refugees The son travels far and wide, searching for his treasure chests, finding them often sinking at sea or in quicksand. The Bible’s Influence: What parents should teach and children can learn from the Bible 2014-12-12T05:00:00Z Money pits are like the Hollywood quicksand characters run into in the movies. 5 Unexpected Money Pits 2014-12-03T05:00:00Z We lose faith and sink into the quicksand of victim-hood and hopelessness. How to Turn Life's Disappointments Into Success Stories 2014-11-24T05:00:00Z In the main, Newark’s beautifully subversive theory on indecision considers the kinds of choices that can mire normally functional people in the quicksand of stuck-ness. Indecision is essential: Why we’re looking at our tough choices all wrong 2014-10-18T04:00:00Z After a game's launch, it sinks into the quicksand of mobile gaming junk until it's buried deep beneath thousands of free-to-play cash-ins. The 21 games that should be installed on every iPhone 2014-10-14T04:00:00Z But to escape the quicksand of failure, the Cubs, Ricketts said, required additional revenue from a renovated ballpark and huge outfield signs. As Cubs Slowly Rebuild, There’s Shouting From the Rooftops 2014-09-19T04:00:00Z Both got caught in quicksand, which is how their bones became so well-preserved. Newly discovered dinosaur, Dreadnoughtus, takes title of largest terrestrial animal What appeared to be a small collection of bones soon became an extensive haul of more than 100 bone fragments, exquisitely well preserved when the animal apparently drowned in quicksand. Battleship beast: colossal dinosaur skeleton found in southern Patagonia 2014-09-04T04:00:00Z If I decided to run, the trails felt like quicksand for lack of energy. Top 10 foods for runners: Expert offers tips to fuel your body 2014-08-20T04:00:00Z The political struggle exposed the treacherous political quicksand Obama now faces. Islamic State carves jihadist hub in heart of Middle East 2014-08-12T04:00:00Z The consequences of a Congress stuck in quicksand, fighting itself, are becoming apparent. Congress Set to Make Exit, but Few Cheer 2014-08-01T04:00:00Z These are the people who “would have conservatives abandon the high ground of the Founding principles for the quicksand of a soft tyranny,” Mr. Levin said. Mark Levin: Topple GOP leadership or country will ‘unravel’ 2014-08-01T04:00:00Z “Shortly after these individuals died, or as they died, they were buried quickly and deeply in what was essentially quicksand. That led to the high number of bones and the exquisite preservation,” Lacorvara said. Battleship beast: colossal dinosaur skeleton found in southern Patagonia 2014-09-04T04:00:00Z Qualcomm is in quicksand because it is foreign and—worse—American. Qualcomm In Quicksand, Its China Problem Not Fixable 2014-07-27T04:00:00Z Even if Obama is on firm footing from a legal standpoint, he would be wading into political quicksand. Obama Eyes Major Immigration Move 2014-07-24T04:00:00Z A 78-year-old Utah woman was stuck in quicksand for more than 12 hours before sheriff's deputies found her on a trail in the dark near Arches National Park, authorities said on Wednesday. Utah woman rescued after being trapped for 12 hours in quicksand 2014-07-16T04:00:00Z Imagine the quicksand Abdullah would be on as he tried to put down demonstrations against it. Watching Gaza 2014-07-16T04:00:00Z The one where they pushed Morrissey in quicksand and then offered him a rope made of meat, making him sacrifice everything he believes will never be bettered. We Smoked Salvia in the Himalayas With the Brits Behind @Vice_Is_Hip Aside from QE, there is little of any substance left in the ECB armory after Thursday's announcement of new measures to try to steer the euro zone away from the economic quicksand of deflation. ECB policymakers say can do more if needed 2014-06-10T04:00:00Z That's because the Mortgage Forgiveness Debt Relief Act expired Dec. 31 and its reauthorization is stuck in political quicksand in Congress. Congressional inaction on debt forgiveness bill affects short sales 2014-06-08T04:00:00Z Two hours later, they found the woman trapped in the quicksand about a quarter of a mile up the trail. Utah woman rescued after being trapped for 12 hours in quicksand 2014-07-16T04:00:00Z The ECB cut rates on Thursday and will pump in money in an effort to steer the bloc away from the economic quicksand of deflation, promising to do more if all this is not enough. Investors look to China and U.S. after ECB fights deflation risk 2014-06-08T04:00:00Z That’s because the Mortgage Forgiveness Debt Relief Act expired Dec. 31 and its reauthorization is stuck in political quicksand in Congress. Homeowners planning short sales confront a rift in Congress with major tax consequences The device mimics the digging action used by razor clams to turn solid soil into liquid "quicksand", helping them slide through. 'RoboClam' could anchor submarines 2014-04-10T00:33:04Z At that point, the watery sand starts to behave as a fluid—think quicksand. Roboclam Mimics Razor Clam's Smooth Digs 2014-04-08T00:00:00Z He said the conditions at the one sq-mile site had continued to deteriorate, with the rain turning the already dangerous debris field into "quicksand". US mudslide missing 'drops to 30' 2014-03-30T07:46:45Z The ground around the mudslide site is the consistency of quicksand, making conditions Sunday “extremely hazardous,” she added. 3 Dead and at Least 18 Missing After Washington Mudslide 2014-03-23T20:06:46Z “Ian was the pioneer scholar who got us out of the quicksand of either seeing science and religion as totally in conflict or totally irrelevant to each other,” Dr. Russell said. Ian Barbour, Who Found a Balance Between Faith and Science, Dies at 90 2014-01-13T02:57:20Z Some, reviewing years of pitched struggle in Afghanistan and Iraq, see the Middle East as quicksand that must be avoided at all costs. Proudly Patriotic but Skeptical on Syria Attack 2013-09-06T02:23:38Z But some liquids, like quicksand for instance, act differently depending on how much force you apply to them. How to: make a liquid that's also a solid 2013-07-31T16:27:07Z So if you’re sitting at home wishing you were back at the beach, try mixing up some cornstarch quicksand. Fun ideas for bored kids: ‘Martha Stewart’s Favorite Crafts for Kids’ 2013-07-18T22:34:57Z But he has acknowledged the deep skepticism, saying a week ago that "it is famously reputed to be diplomatic quicksand." Analysis: Kerry pushing for Middle East peace, but is he a Lone Ranger? 2013-06-02T12:02:20Z Dr. Patterson, 49, has devoted what he considers his second life to studying the quicksand that just about swallowed him, and that continues to imperil American Indians more than any other ethnic group. Professor, Ex-Addict, Confronts Perils American Indians Face 2013-05-11T17:16:49Z “Like you stepped on something solid and it turned to quicksand.” Evangelicals And The Fake Orphan Racket 2013-04-25T00:26:00Z It was like quicksand,” said Patrick Courreges, a spokesman for the Louisiana Department of Natural Resources. Industrial hazards force communities to consider relocation 2013-04-15T10:00:00Z They can beat you in a steel-cage match or three-point shootout, in quicksand or in a track meet, at your pace or at theirs. The Zags' underappreciated strength? Defense (no lie) 2013-03-23T03:20:04Z Not the false type the organization pedaled to its fans for so many seasons while essentially trying to build on a foundation of quicksand. Bradley Beal provides what Wizards need most: hope for the future 2013-03-01T18:04:40Z But the chasms grew into sinkholes, and eventually quicksand. Well: Waiting for Alzheimer's to Begin 2013-01-31T05:01:34Z Who, seriously, would be taken aback now if Villa, confidence shot to pieces, could not clamber out of the Premier League's quicksands? Randy Lerner's remote control of club a bit rich for Aston Villa fans 2013-01-26T20:00:00Z It’s like you’re in quicksand and you keep fighting and fighting waiting for something to happen. 10 thoughts after Bears' loss to Packers 2012-12-17T16:11:00Z In essence, countries that pursue routes to development that neglect nutrition are building on quicksand. Viewpoint: Let's make malnutrition visible 2012-11-29T12:57:25Z And the federal courts willfully entered into this quicksand, overturning decades of custom and practice in these deals. Deal Professor: In Court Battle, a Game of Brinkmanship With Argentina 2012-11-27T22:13:31Z NOTTINGHAM: The analogy we use is that you’re in a Jeep S.U.V. on one side of a pond of quicksand, and way on the other side is the place you want to get to. | John Nottingham and John Spirk: Nottingham Spirk’s Co-Presidents, on Cultivating New Ideas 2012-11-24T19:03:32Z All this has rendered his campaign a parachute jump into quicksand, and he is sinking fast. By Preaching Pessimism, Romney Puts Campaign in Impossible Position 2012-09-18T18:35:27Z "The FTEA, like all floras, is about communication - without proper identification and names there is no communication about plants, and without communication all work on and with wild plants rests on quicksand," he said. End to epic African flora survey 2012-09-13T15:47:54Z If you want to escape quicksand, it’s best not to struggle too frenetically, but slowly and patiently work your way to firmer ground. Walking on... Custard? Fun with Non-Newtonian Fluids 2012-09-05T20:45:12.803Z The cash flow they expected from emerging markets turned into quicksand. Nokia up 67% This Week...Trouncing Apple's 4% Gain 2012-07-31T19:53:50Z If you pause to think about it for a while, you start sinking in the quicksand and all of a sudden you disappear. | John Nottingham and John Spirk: Nottingham Spirk’s Co-Presidents, on Cultivating New Ideas 2012-11-24T19:03:32Z Fidel Edwards tries to run in to bowl the second over of the Test match, and finds himself running through a quicksand. The Joy of Six: England v West Indies memories 2012-05-18T09:27:54Z That which, under wholesome restraint, is the initiative and incentive of inquiry, of enterprise, and of noble ideas; unrestricted, leads the dreamer and the enthusiast into ingulfing quicksands of illusions and delusions. Pioneers of Evolution from Thales to Huxley With an Intermediate Chapter on the Causes of Arrest of the Movement 2012-04-26T02:00:14.960Z In 1979, it was just beginning to climb out of the fiscal quicksand that had threatened to pull it under for keeps. City Room: In Search for Etan Patz, a Question of Finances 2012-04-23T13:19:34Z Beyond us lay a wide sandy valley through which a stream flowed sometimes on the surface, but more often underground, when it formed dangerous quicksands. Mount Everest the Reconnaissance, 1921 2012-04-12T02:00:28.417Z After all, the worst was over, and in the crowded drawing-room, I might with slight dexterity avoid all shoals and quicksands. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z They were forced to the conclusion that almost immediately upon striking, the vessel must have broken up and sunk in the quicksand. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 2 2012-04-03T02:00:36.237Z And here, at last, we may strike a bit of terra firma in the quicksands of speculative hygiene. Health, Happiness, and Longevity Health without medicine: happiness without money: the result, longevity 2012-03-22T02:00:38.537Z Reckless pilots steered ignorant souls this way and that over the wind-swept seas of religious doubt; but they brought them at last to the same rocks and quicksands. The Expositor's Bible: Ephesians 2012-03-20T02:00:11.133Z It was now too late, however, to go on any further, so we camped on the dunes near the quicksands in the teeth of the gale. Mount Everest the Reconnaissance, 1921 2012-04-12T02:00:28.417Z Even after she returned, she said, she felt as if she were running through quicksand. Prized Recruit Chose Delaware Over Powerhouse Connecticut 2012-03-17T16:56:33Z This quicksand, vile and treacherous, lapped the wall below the window, and more than accounted for the absence of bars or fastenings. Historical Romances: Under the Red Robe, Count Hannibal, A Gentleman of France 2012-03-15T02:00:24.837Z Sickly stalks of broom swayed sadly upon the quicksands; here and there were scattered some dwarf shrubs and stunted firs crouching on the sterile soil. Satires And Profanities 2012-03-14T02:00:24.637Z He turned toward the sea, one arm about her, and almost carried her across the deep, undulating drifts that clutched at her ankles like a dry quicksand. The White Blackbird 2012-03-10T03:00:15.513Z There being little tide, a plunge into the sea may be enjoyed without danger from quicksands or under-tow. Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast 2012-02-22T03:00:25.113Z The Qua Iboe bar, like many others along the coast, more so in this particular part, is very treacherous, being composed of quicksand. West African studies 2012-02-15T03:00:28.537Z You are on the edge of quicksand; once beyond the brink, you must be swallowed up. My Lords of Strogue, Vol. II (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union 2012-02-15T03:00:26.817Z With a howl and a cry of treachery the cohort of poltroons abandoned the litter, which fell heavily on its side, and fled over the quicksand, where they buffeted, to lie engulfed. The Curse of Koshiu A Chronicle of Old Japan 2012-02-14T03:00:23.467Z The toll-gate man always tells you that other roads are dangerous— filled with quagmires and quicksands. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 5 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Discussions 2012-02-11T03:03:49.813Z Bathing here is, on account of the under-tow and quicksands, attended with hazard, and ought not to be attempted except with the aid of ropes. Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast 2012-02-22T03:00:25.113Z Before evening we became acquainted with the quicksands of the Missouri. Travels in the Interior of North America, Part I, (Being Chapters I-XV of the London Edition, 1843) Early Western Travels, 1748-1846, Volume XXII 2012-02-08T03:00:17.410Z The right points for fording the river channels must be found, the numerous quicksands must be avoided, while the localities of both fords and quicksands are constantly changing. Highways and Byways in Cambridge and Ely 2012-02-03T03:00:22.657Z Towards the sea the solid land gives place to a vast network of streams and creeks, whose sluggish waters are constantly depositing silt, and forming morasses or quicksands. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 8 "Cube" to "Daguerre, Louis" 2012-01-31T03:00:17.257Z "Like mountains," says Tacitus, "the pyramids have been raised amid impassable quicksands by the emulation and power of the kings." The History of Antiquity, Vol. I (of VI) 2012-01-28T03:00:28.213Z Clustered blueberries are drooped upon the mountains, and in the swamps, sometimes over quicksands, shows the darkling sheen of the high-bush huckleberry. Minstrel Weather 2012-01-24T03:00:25.640Z No. Where they tried to cross is nothing but a bed of quicksands. Frank Merriwell's New Comedian The Rise of a Star 2012-01-20T03:00:15.013Z Certainly we are drifted upon the quicksands of uncertainty by such a display of the miracle-working power, and are obnoxious to most fatal deception, which proves the total inutility and futility of such prodigies. The World's Sixteen Crucified Saviors Or, Christianity Before Christ 2012-01-19T03:00:18.027Z St. Luke having mentioned the undergirding of the ship, adds, "and, fearing lest they should fall into the quicksands, strake sail, and so were driven." "Granny's Chapters" (on scriptural subjects) 2012-01-13T03:00:12.913Z L.S.U. looked as if it were running in quicksand, with Jefferson looking helpless on option plays and lost in the passing game. Alabama 21, L.S.U. 0: Alabama Takes the Rematch, and the Title 2012-01-10T04:59:15Z Then, with averted face, he picked up the ghastly, inert thing that had been Harry Palmer, and, staggering with it to the very edge of the quicksand, cast it from him with all his strength. Loaded Dice 2012-01-04T03:00:36.343Z Horses and men went down into the quicksands. Frank Merriwell's New Comedian The Rise of a Star 2012-01-20T03:00:15.013Z I tell the guys, ‘It’s like you’re in quicksand, the harder you try, the deeper you fall.’ Wizards hope to correct simple mistakes 2011-12-30T19:26:33Z But the Europeans could not see beneath the surface, and none knew, as he himself did, upon what a quicksand his power was built. The Fijians A Study of the Decay of Custom 2011-12-30T03:00:25.917Z The march was over a single-track country road, bad enough on the south side of the river, much worn through a post-oak forest over quicksand subsoil on the north side. From Manassas to Appomattox Memoirs of The Civil War in America 2011-12-28T03:00:39.977Z I got my chance out on the island, and I shot him, and threw his body into the quicksand over by the point. Loaded Dice 2012-01-04T03:00:36.343Z “I can forget now,” he declared, thinking of the man under the quicksands of Big Sandy. Frank Merriwell's New Comedian The Rise of a Star 2012-01-20T03:00:15.013Z Its coach, Steve Kean, gets abused by irate fans, and the team appears anchored in the quicksand of relegation. Goal: In England's Post-Christmas Spotlight 2011-12-25T23:26:43Z And after they have bathed the Shades go to look at the quicksand. The Fijians A Study of the Decay of Custom 2011-12-30T03:00:25.917Z The wood and fallow lands were bogs, with occasional quicksands, adding severest labor to the usual toils of battle. From Manassas to Appomattox Memoirs of The Civil War in America 2011-12-28T03:00:39.977Z For there is no perpetuity in human endeavor: we strut upon a quicksand: and all that any man may do for good or ill is presently forgotten, because it does not matter. Modern Essays 2011-12-13T03:00:25.577Z She knew not that the man had been swallowed beneath the quicksands of the Big Sandy. Frank Merriwell's New Comedian The Rise of a Star 2012-01-20T03:00:15.013Z “Fellows, he’s fallen in a quicksand!” yelled Bart. Bart Keene's Hunting Days or, The Darewell Chums in a Winter Camp 2011-12-11T03:00:12.153Z But he was in a quicksand, the ground was moving under his feet. The Sailor 2011-12-03T03:00:11.697Z If Jackson had been followed by an enemy whose march he wished to baffle, his gun-carriages could not have made deeper cuts through the mud and quicksand. From Manassas to Appomattox Memoirs of The Civil War in America 2011-12-28T03:00:39.977Z The piles driven into the quicksand are too few for such a structure. The Letters of William James, Vol. II 2011-11-24T03:00:48.427Z “Her last words to me were a message to him, for she does not know he is dead beneath the quicksands of Big Sandy.” Frank Merriwell's New Comedian The Rise of a Star 2012-01-20T03:00:15.013Z Don't let your American 'push' impel you into swamps and quicksands. An Ambitious Woman A Novel 2011-11-23T03:00:54.137Z The lurid aftermath of Ayatollah Khomeini’s ascent still haunts him as Warnock insinuates himself into the quicksand of Khan’s mission. Spies Join Warlords in Afghan Debacle; Patinkin, LuPone: Review 2011-11-22T08:29:46Z Like a person in a quicksand, every effort to escape sinks the body deeper; or, like a drowning man, the more he raises his hands to heaven, the more speedy is his destruction. Essays on Modern Novelists 2011-11-22T03:00:10.817Z Regina London lived in that quicksand for more than three years, its effects evident from the outset. Rare disease ties Florida State?s Jimbo Fisher, Virginia?s Mike London 2011-11-18T16:55:00Z Arthur Sargent had been drowned; Percy Lockwell was lynched, and Leslie Lawrence met his death in the quicksands of Big Sandy River. Frank Merriwell's New Comedian The Rise of a Star 2012-01-20T03:00:15.013Z Amid the shifting quicksands of life they stand fast as milestones. Diana Tempest, Volume II (of 3) 2011-11-12T03:00:31.283Z I refer to that by which horses bred in provinces where quicksands are common avoid their dangers or extricate themselves from them. Man and Nature or, Physical Geography as Modified by Human Action 2011-11-11T03:00:34.027Z There is in the nature of most women, this dangerous quicksand of irresponsibility, which may, in crises, topple and submerge the soundest structure of education and of habit builded over it. Feminism and Sex-Extinction 2011-11-11T03:00:29.100Z The proceeds of this work were such as to set her for some time at comparative ease on the score of money; the Godwin quicksand was no longer there to engulf them. The Life and Letters of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Volume II (of 2) 2011-11-10T03:00:10.110Z The man he had captured was the one he believed beneath the quicksands of Big Sandy River, Leslie Lawrence! Frank Merriwell's New Comedian The Rise of a Star 2012-01-20T03:00:15.013Z If the river crossing was quicksandy the cattle were taken out and driven back and forth across the stream until the quicksand was packed sufficiently to be considered safe. The Indians' Last Fight Or The Dull Knife Raid 2011-11-06T02:00:13.167Z The north-east coast is a region of swamps, lagoons, and quicksand rivers. Alone with the Hairy Ainu or, 3,800 miles on a pack saddle in Yezo and a cruise to the Kurile Islands. 2011-10-30T02:00:10.270Z Surely much were those to be pitied who had founded their hopes on such characters, for they had built their house upon quicksand! The Danes Sketched by Themselves. Vol. II (of 3) A Series of Popular Stories by the Best Danish Authors 2011-10-25T02:00:24.180Z He was her sole link with life, the one fixed point in a shifting quicksand. Notwithstanding 2011-10-19T02:00:22.340Z Fowler went down in the quicksands, but I managed to float away. Frank Merriwell's New Comedian The Rise of a Star 2012-01-20T03:00:15.013Z There were others of a less serious nature, but, nevertheless, very irksome and sometimes dangerous, such as bogging down in the quicksand while crossing a river, or creek. The Indians' Last Fight Or The Dull Knife Raid 2011-11-06T02:00:13.167Z I was taken across one of the quicksand rivers in the ferry by a lovely Ainu girl of about twelve years of age. Alone with the Hairy Ainu or, 3,800 miles on a pack saddle in Yezo and a cruise to the Kurile Islands. 2011-10-30T02:00:10.270Z Luckily the pony got its forefeet on to firmer ground and fought its way out of the quicksand, pulling me out with it by the reins to which I clung. Life in an Indian Outpost 2011-10-19T02:00:19.943Z But such artificial and demoralising distinctions, built on the baseless fabric of quicksand, having no foundation in solid, sterling merit, are fast falling, as they should, into disrepute. The Hindoos as they Are A Description of the Manners, Customs and the Inner Life of Hindoo Society in Bengal 2011-10-13T02:00:35.977Z Paine therefore set about constructing his iron bridge of thirteen symbolic ribs, to overleap the ice-floods and quicksands of rivers. The Life Of Thomas Paine, Vol. II. (of II) With A History of His Literary, Political and Religious Career in America France, and England 2011-10-12T02:00:47.957Z The Indian ponies, as I have said, being very poor and weak, one of them would frequently fall and flounder around in the quicksand throwing his burden, a squaw and her papoose. The Indians' Last Fight Or The Dull Knife Raid 2011-11-06T02:00:13.167Z The track was heavy in the soft sand, and the dangerous and numerous quicksand streams were enough to make a saint swear—if swearing would have done any good. Alone with the Hairy Ainu or, 3,800 miles on a pack saddle in Yezo and a cruise to the Kurile Islands. 2011-10-30T02:00:10.270Z To my horror I found that we were in a quicksand. Life in an Indian Outpost 2011-10-19T02:00:19.943Z Blackfriars Bridge had just given way, and two over the Tyne, one built by Smeaton, had collapsed by reason of quicksands under their piers. The Life Of Thomas Paine, Vol. I. (of II) With A History of His Literary, Political and Religious Career in America France, and England; to which is added a Sketch of Paine by William Cobbett 2011-10-12T02:00:38.787Z No, 'tis full of rocks and quicksands: Yet nothing vexes me so much, as that she is in love with such a poor rogue. Dryden's Works Vol. 3 (of 18) Sir Martin Mar-All; The Tempest; An Evening's Love; Tyrannic Love 2011-10-08T02:00:22.420Z After passing the cavalry back and forth several times to settle the quicksand, he sent forward the freight and supply wagons and with great difficulty succeeded in landing on the south side. The Indians' Last Fight Or The Dull Knife Raid 2011-11-06T02:00:13.167Z The mouths of some of the small rivulets were extremely nasty to cross, as my pony sank in the quicksands. Alone with the Hairy Ainu or, 3,800 miles on a pack saddle in Yezo and a cruise to the Kurile Islands. 2011-10-30T02:00:10.270Z He plunged through creek "low grounds" without a thought of possible mires or quicksands. A Man of Honor 2011-10-02T02:00:16.927Z And similarly Pitt's policy was collapsing through the treacherous quicksands on which it was based. The Life Of Thomas Paine, Vol. I. (of II) With A History of His Literary, Political and Religious Career in America France, and England; to which is added a Sketch of Paine by William Cobbett 2011-10-12T02:00:38.787Z But when the vessel is on quicksands cast, The flowing tide does more the sinking haste. Dryden's Works Vol. 3 (of 18) Sir Martin Mar-All; The Tempest; An Evening's Love; Tyrannic Love 2011-10-08T02:00:22.420Z Her royal highness was England's star of promise,—the beacon which it was expected would light the traveller to escape the quicksands of destruction! Secret History of the Court of England, from the Accession of George the Third to the Death of George the Fourth, Volume I (of 2) Including, Among Other Important Matters, Full Particulars of the Mysterious Death of the Princess Charlotte 2011-10-01T02:00:31.450Z The rivers were troublesome all along this part of my journey, and as most of them had quicksands, the safest plan was to cross them in a boat, when this was obtainable. Alone with the Hairy Ainu or, 3,800 miles on a pack saddle in Yezo and a cruise to the Kurile Islands. 2011-10-30T02:00:10.270Z They were nearing the river, and the fox, an old red one, who knew his business, was evidently running for a crossing place where mire and quicksands abounded. A Man of Honor 2011-10-02T02:00:16.927Z It was a challenge he could have met and carried; he felt his hand lock on Christina's, strong to draw her from any quicksand of which she struggled to be free. "Persons Unknown" 2011-09-28T02:00:23.683Z And on what quicksands can your heart be thrown? Dryden's Works Vol. 3 (of 18) Sir Martin Mar-All; The Tempest; An Evening's Love; Tyrannic Love 2011-10-08T02:00:22.420Z You can't settle even a quicksand with a legislature," said Mrs. Ray; "I guess I know. In a Mysterious Way 2011-09-25T02:00:17.377Z There is a small lagoon formed by the Tombets River, and which often has its mouth blocked by the quicksands, which cause it to overflow. Alone with the Hairy Ainu or, 3,800 miles on a pack saddle in Yezo and a cruise to the Kurile Islands. 2011-10-30T02:00:10.270Z It was at once surmised that the missing man had been wading and become engulfed in quicksands, which were stated to be numerous. Climbing in The British Isles, Vol. II Wales and Ireland 2011-09-23T02:00:23.653Z Sadly waved the blades of tall sedgy grass over the quicksands; here and there grew a few stunted fir-trees, or barren shrubs. The Prose Writings of Heinrich Heine 2011-09-21T02:00:27.670Z "This is a very big pile of quicksand that will almost certainly tamp down any attempt to provide warnings about natural disasters," Michigan's Pollack told LiveScience. Scientists Worry over 'Bizarre' Trial for Failing to Predict Earthquake 2011-09-20T19:15:01.927Z "But I thought the quicksand was going to settle the dam," said Mrs. O'Neil; "somebody said so." In a Mysterious Way 2011-09-25T02:00:17.377Z I am not long moved, I do not mar my face, Though men have sunk in me as in a quicksand. King Lear's Wife; The Crier by Night; The Riding to Lithend; Midsummer-Eve; Laodice and Dana? 2011-09-17T02:00:30.620Z And leaving behind all that they had worked to establish, they yet again pitched themselves against the arid terrain, the cactus, the alkali, quicksand, and rattlesnakes. In the 19th century, the Romneys fled the law 2011-09-09T15:30:00Z Would he have been a contender for president, and if so, would he have steered Afghanistan in a different direction than towards the quicksand that we now find ourselves in? Ahmed Shah Massoud: A Decade After His Murder, Would Afghanistan Be Different Were He Alive? 2011-09-09T22:33:32Z I struggled in vain; under her clinging weight the soft snow engulfed and held me like a very quicksand. The Little Red Foot 2011-09-09T02:01:04.147Z The labor force participation rate and employment-population ratio were unchanged -- both strong indicators of an economy trapped in quicksand. Jobs report: A big fat zero 2011-09-02T13:01:00Z It was a Thermopylæ reversed, with a friar for its Leonidas; a Balaclava galloped upon quicksands; and it redeems a long catalogue of baseness. The Moors in Spain 2011-08-29T02:01:09.183Z We had many exciting times fording streams, for many of the streams on the way were noted for quicksand and boggy places. Down the Yellowstone 2011-08-29T02:01:06.730Z We scuffle along that pavement-ridge which lies like an isthmus down the vast black quicksands of that harbour road. Sea and Sardinia 2011-08-28T02:00:30.857Z Golden and Larranaga must feel like people who just bought a new house only to find it was built on quicksand. Leading Off: Jailed Booster Imperils Miami Sports Programs 2011-08-17T15:59:33Z Our current economic model, exemplified by the US, is building wealth on quicksand. Sustainability should be the true measure of US creditworthiness 2011-08-15T17:05:01Z Presently Bevis stooped, and with his hands scratched away the silt which formed the bottom, a fine silt of powdered chalk, almost like quicksand, till he had made a bowl-like cavity. Bevis The Story of a Boy 2011-08-13T02:00:28.377Z We are suspended between heaven and earth: between two infinities; we stand as on quicksands.” Elements of Morals With Special Application of the Moral Law to the Duties of the Individual and of Society and the State 2011-08-10T02:00:16.913Z "If we could only break the charm that holds the treasure, just as like as not that solid rock would all turn into quicksand," replied Old Ropes. Fire Cloud The Mysterious Cave. A Story of Indians and Pirates. 2011-08-09T02:00:29.010Z They have to decide whether the global economy has stepped on a soft patch or on quicksand.” Across Globe, Traders Brace for a Downturn 2011-08-08T01:26:56Z Now the bay was jammed with a pack as difficult to travel over as quicksand. My Attainment of the Pole 2011-08-05T02:00:54.720Z And would you wish to cast her down, and wreck her on the quicksands of dismal doubt? Biography of Rev. Hosea Ballou 2011-08-04T02:00:22.900Z For why should a man wreck his life on the shallows and quicksands of a woman’s love? In Wild Rose Time 2011-08-01T02:00:13.473Z She lived, thrived, struggled and died in the information age, where the digital newsstand’s constant churning pulled her reputation under like so much quicksand. Amy Winehouse?s death at 27 highlights a troubled, young talent 2011-07-24T22:48:00Z His word is a rock, and he expects that yours will not be a quicksand. The Principles Of Secularism 2011-07-22T02:00:17.390Z We quickly pulled to the other pan, and then found, to our dismay, a wide band of mushy slush, as impossible to us for a footing as quicksand would have been. My Attainment of the Pole 2011-08-05T02:00:54.720Z We are in the midst of a lot of quicksand here—I can't seem to find bottom any further than I am standing. Hookers 2011-07-13T02:00:18.540Z It was quicksand, but not so quick as it might have been, as she had been on it some minutes before it began to give way under her weight. A House Party with the Tucker Twins 2011-07-10T02:00:20.543Z Too many of us do not, consequently we find ourselves lost amidst shoals and quicksands. The Life of a Celebrated Buccaneer A Page of Past History for the Use of the Children of To-day 2011-07-06T02:00:45.180Z Underneath the quicksand flowed a deep stream, promising certain death to him who essayed to cross with any but the lightest of vehicles. Legends of The Kaw The Folk-Lore of the Indians of the Kansas River Valley 2011-07-01T02:00:16.500Z Experience will be there, gathering riches even from rocks and quicksands. Olive Leaves Or, Sketches of Character 2011-06-25T02:00:21.120Z If only I could have begun again; but there seemed no place from which to start, no foundation for my feet, and I felt myself almost entirely swallowed in the quicksand of despondency and discouragement. Riches of Grace A Compilation of Experiences in the Christian Life 2011-06-21T02:00:23.800Z Open no matter where it was played, or over any surface save quicksand. McIlroy makes US Open looks like Kemper Open 2011-06-20T02:21:10Z Then the returning wave of silence surged around him, and under its impact he seemed to sink as into a quicksand. Between Sun and Sand A Tale of an African Desert 2011-06-15T02:00:16.390Z He saw in it the quicksands of life, where those who steered their course without foresight sometimes disappeared, closed over by floods of mediocrity and poverty. The Salamander 2011-06-10T02:00:22.890Z We had no chart to show us where the quicksands lay. A Word to Women 2011-06-08T02:00:18.457Z Everything I did to extricate myself got me deeper into the quicksand. Witch Winnie's Mystery, or The Old Oak Cabinet The Story of a King's Daughter 2011-06-06T02:00:08.460Z “Foot it, indeed!” she exclaimed, “and leave the Comet here to be swallowed in quicksands?” The Motor Maids by Palm and Pine 2011-06-05T02:00:14.760Z We seek to change souls all unripe for changes; We build upon a treacherous human soil Of moral quicksand, and the world avenges Its crime upon us, while we vainly toil. Piccadilly A Fragment of Contemporary Biography 2011-06-02T02:00:21.050Z "Under the tender carpet of green cresses are shining black bogs set with tussock; and under the bog stretches quicksand,—and death." The Slayer Of souls 2011-06-01T02:00:26.487Z Yellowed insulation coated the living room like quicksand and a jar of Planter’s honey-roasted peanuts floated through the kitchen. One Family Confronts the Damage 2011-05-24T05:01:34Z Then, with indescribable terror, he recognizes the fact that he is caught in a quicksand.... French Classics 2011-05-22T02:00:12.620Z When we fall we fall as travelers disappear who walk across a coast that is honeycombed with quicksand. Rosemary and Rue 2011-05-21T02:00:11.483Z Throw all that into the frenzied atmosphere of the HP Pavillion, and the Wings find themselves in quicksand as the series returns to Detroit for Wednesday’s Game 3 at Joe Louis Arena. Slap Shot: Sharks Topping Red Wings with Muscle, Speed 2011-05-02T17:32:57Z |
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