murky waters

plural noun

: confusing details
He began studying the murky waters of copyright law.

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The emergence of rookie Stephon Castle also put Vassell's role into murky waters. Morten Stig Jensen, Forbes.com, 28 Mar. 2025 The research team geared up and waded into the murky waters. Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 14 Mar. 2025 Related article The scuba diver who fights alligators and murky waters to rescue your golf balls Unsurprisingly, the issue is not exclusive to The Players Championship. George Ramsay, CNN, 13 Mar. 2025 But the company has been in murky waters with some of its customers for years. Solcyré Burga, TIME, 5 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for murky waters

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