1. With many Western countries still mired in the global recession, emerging Eastern economies are attracting new programs and business school organizations.
2. ATV has been mired in difficulty for years, chalking up annual losses of over HK $ 1 billion.
3. Major indexes were off session lows when market closed, but still deeply mired in negative territory.
4. But informal links are there, mired in Somalia's complex and combative clans.
5. A credit downgrade would drive up borrowing costs for the government, further compounding the economic malaise in a country already mired in recession.
6. But negotiations quickly became mired on the issue of how much energy aid North Korea would get as an inducement for initial steps toward disarmament.
7. mired
7. Indian weightlifting has been mired in doping scandals in the past eight years with lifters having tested positive in the 2002 and 2006 Commonwealth Games.
8. The year 2009 saw the world mired in the first global economic recession since World War II.
9. The overall economic situation may keep Venezuela mired in recession and erode Chavez's popularity in the run up to legislative elections in September.
10. It is now mired in an existential crisis more profound than at any point since 1945.
adj
1. entangled or hindered as if e.g. in mire
e.g. the difficulties in which the question is involved
brilliant leadership mired in details and confusion
Synonym: involved