Whole systems have sunk into chaos or revolution, because greedy politicians were mired in corruption and blackmail with their people suffering the while.
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Mired
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Sami was mired in mud.
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The very manner in which the greedy miser carried himself was mired in foul wretchedness.
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In the 1990s, Algeria was mired in violence.
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