as in sludge
soft wet earth we cannot play softball today because the field turned to mud after last night's heavy rain

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Recent Examples of mud Whereas Airstream has been busy adding singular architectural style to its lineup, Tiffin has been looking to rip off its work clothes, throw on its most rugged, broken-in Mountain Khakis, and straight play in the mud and dirt. New Atlas, 9 June 2025 Other amenities include a circular drive-way and porte-cochère, mult-vehicle parking in the garage and on the side of the house, ideal for storing an RV or boat; a large, versatile basement for a gym or an additional bedroom; and a side entrance to the house that can serve as a mud room. David Caraccio, Sacbee.com, 7 June 2025 Drone footage broadcast by Swiss national broadcaster SRF showed a vast plain of mud and soil completely covering part of the village of Blatten, the river running through it and the wooded sides of the surrounding valley. Reuters, CNN Money, 29 May 2025 In a reply to another comment, the U.S. Geological Survey explained that the eruption appeared dark in color due to mud that had settled at the bottom of the pool. Brooke Baitinger, Sacbee.com, 4 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for mud
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Noun
  • Guests can sign up to walk to the canal and toss in Genki balls, filled with microorganisms that eat away at the sludge in the canal created from manmade pollutants.
    Jalyn Robinson, Travel + Leisure, 25 May 2025
  • Reichardt’s previous films, such as her retro Westerns Meek’s Cutoff and First Cow, have tended towards sludge and shadows, but her competition closer opens with the golden leaves of a New England fall, slightly faded to the paler golds of an Ektachrome postcard of the era.
    Stephanie Bunbury, Deadline, 23 May 2025
Noun
  • Given her past record of almost never getting into the muck of rumors around her personal life, the latter speculations make better sense.
    Sweta Kaushal, Forbes.com, 22 May 2025
  • Justin has been dragged into the muck since March 2024, when he was briefly detained at his father’s L.A. mansion the day of the feds’ raid (the rap star’s Star Island mansion got hit up by Homeland Security, too).
    Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 21 May 2025
Noun
  • The gravel crunches as more and more guests arrive with romping dogs, small children, and cases of seltzer.
    Alessandra Schade, Vogue, 7 June 2025
  • Wear them hiking on gravel or grass, or put them on for kayaking or other water sports as they’re designed to get wet and dry fast.
    Michelle Tchea, Travel + Leisure, 29 May 2025
Noun
  • Don't forget to walk down to Big Wave Bay beach, with its white sand beaches and, as the name suggests, excellent waves.
    Christopher Elliott, Forbes.com, 8 June 2025
  • In others, huddles of cormorants gather on the black sand beaches, and sea lions bark from the rocks.
    John Bartlett, NPR, 8 June 2025

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“Mud.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mud. Accessed 21 Jun. 2025.

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