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Recent Examples of mud
Video clips shared on X by journalist Vani Mehrotra showed a huge wave of mud and water surge down a mountain and crash into the village of Dharali in Uttarakhand state on Tuesday afternoon.
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Barney Henderson, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Aug. 2025
It's typically derived from natural sources like peat, clay, mud, even mountain rocks.
—Noma Nazish, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2025
Humidity will be moderate and depending on early morning precipitation, there’s a possibility for a frequent staple of Lollapalooza: mud.
—Susan Moskop, Chicago Tribune, 31 July 2025
Their family's car was vertical, the taillights in the mud.
—Lily Kepner, Austin American Statesman, 30 July 2025
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Barney Henderson, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Aug. 2025
It's typically derived from natural sources like peat, clay, mud, even mountain rocks.
—Noma Nazish, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2025
Humidity will be moderate and depending on early morning precipitation, there’s a possibility for a frequent staple of Lollapalooza: mud.
—Susan Moskop, Chicago Tribune, 31 July 2025
Their family's car was vertical, the taillights in the mud.
—Lily Kepner, Austin American Statesman, 30 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mud
Noun
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But editorial indulgence has resulted in such a sludge of footnotes and block quotes that the eye must often dismount and continue on foot.—
Book Marks
August 7,
Literary Hub,
7 Aug. 2025
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Blood is a surprisingly complicated fluid, in part because the red blood cells in human blood can form long chains, giving it the consistency of sludge.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
1 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Dredging would have removed about four to five feet of muck and other material from the floor of the lake, increasing its depth to 12 feet in some places.—
Kenneth R. Gosselin,
Hartford Courant,
20 July 2025
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And years of exposure to heat, chemicals, and environmental muck can also strip away some of your hair’s natural gloss, leaving it looking duller, Dr. Lo Sicco notes.—
Erica Sloan,
SELF,
9 July 2025
Noun
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Volcanic material, including hot, thumb-sized gravel, was thrown up to 5 miles from the crater, covering nearby villages and towns with thick volcanic residue, the agency said.—
Rachel Wolf,
FOXNews.com,
2 Aug. 2025
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This can mean covering it in a think layer of mulch or gravel.—
Karl Schneider,
IndyStar,
30 July 2025
Noun
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Next door is the optional adjoining Suite Jaune d’Or bathed in the golden tones of Marrakech’s desert sands, where elephants march around ceilings in sculpted relief.—
Rebecca Ann Hughes,
Forbes.com,
5 Aug. 2025
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If couples have little ones joining them, the resort is known to have the Indian Ocean’s biggest kid’s club, where children can even go dolphin scouting along the white sand beaches.—
Elise Taylor,
Vogue,
4 Aug. 2025
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“Mud.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mud. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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