Today’s “Word of the Day” is bog down and it is a phrasal verb meaning “cause to become stuck in something so that no progress is made; to prevent someone/something from making progress; mire, stall, hinder, obstruct, impede, thwart, inhibit, stop (someone/something from moving on)”.
Example Sentence: Ukrainian authorities said the Russian military bombed an art school where about 400 people had taken refuge in the port city of Mariupol,… Local authorities said the school’s building was destroyed and people could remain under the rubble… The fall of Mariupol, the scene of some of the war’s worst suffering, would mark a major battlefield advance for the Russians, who are largely bogged down outside major cities more than three weeks into the biggest land invasion in Europe since World War II.
This word is present in The Hindu article Ukraininan officials say art school used as shelter for 400 people bombed by Russians and click here to read it.
Courtesy: The Hindu
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