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as in mucky
full of or covered with soft wet earth
please do not walk in the house with muddy boots on, as you will get the carpet dirty
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as in turbid
having visible particles in liquid suspension
whether muddy or not, water taken from lakes and streams should be boiled by campers
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as in dusty
not clean
we were all muddy after playing outside
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as in to confuse
to throw into a state of mental uncertainty
my mind had been thoroughly muddied by the long hours of exacting work
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as in to blur
to make (something) unclear to the understanding
that argument is irrelevant and will just muddy the issue we're trying to resolve
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as in to dirty
to make dirty
forgot to take off our shoes and accidentally muddied the kitchen floor
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Recent Examples of muddy
Kaylah Jackson, NBC News, 29 Nov. 2024
There’s also a rear mud room that holds muddy boots and other camping gear, so the tent is as comfortable as possible.
—Christopher Murray, Fox News, 27 Nov. 2024
Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2024
Despite each of the three singles earning critical acclaim, none of them ended up attached to a larger project, and details on what would eventually be known as Anti remained muddied.
—Kyle Denis, Billboard, 19 Nov. 2024
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Adjective
In 2021, an initial set of muddy footprints were found in a region called Koobi Fora.
—Kaylah Jackson, NBC News, 29 Nov. 2024
There’s also a rear mud room that holds muddy boots and other camping gear, so the tent is as comfortable as possible.
—Christopher Murray, Fox News, 27 Nov. 2024
Verb
But a league source told Vincent Bonsignore of the Las Vegas Review-Journal that Brady is expected to have a strong voice, further muddying his Sunday gig with Fox.
—Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2024
Despite each of the three singles earning critical acclaim, none of them ended up attached to a larger project, and details on what would eventually be known as Anti remained muddied.
—Kyle Denis, Billboard, 19 Nov. 2024
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The novel’s biting satire and mucky spirit have mostly been jettisoned for Facebook-ready female empowerment slogans.Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY, 7 Dec. 2024
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In the past, the only questions surrounding his output have been consistency, his physical rigour and doing the mucky stuff.George Caulkin, The Athletic, 31 July 2024
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On the engineering side, the plan is to design a better speaker, targeting the ideal frequency response for a turbid ecosystem, and doing so in a way that drives down the cost.IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 20 Nov. 2024
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Grass carp make the water more turbid; stiltgrass and common reed can block sight lines and reduce property values; and sea lamprey are a shocking sight when they are attached to sport fish.Caitlin Looby, Journal Sentinel, 12 Sep. 2024
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Poor Ventilation Along with the increase in moisture and humidity, another leading cause for a dusty bathroom is poor ventilation.Ashlyn Needham, Southern Living, 17 Dec. 2024
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And some days, its dusty air carries the stench of the polluted Salton Sea eight miles west.Hailey Branson-Potts, Los Angeles Times, 17 Dec. 2024
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These tools blur the line between reality and fiction, which can confuse audiences, especially younger viewers.Gerui Wang, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024
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However, her version is not to be confused with the film’s official soundtrack.Angel Saunders, People.com, 11 Dec. 2024
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Fleming discussed how luxury products are increasingly being treated as collectible items, similar to limited-edition art pieces, further blurring the lines between art and commercial fashion.Arthur Zaczkiewicz, WWD, 15 Dec. 2024
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Meanwhile, on the ingredient front, peptides are making their way into shampoos, serums, and scalp sprays, blurring the lines between skin care and hair care.Sam Escobar, Allure, 13 Dec. 2024
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Instead, Walz seems to have little to say about factory farming dirtying the state’s waterways.Kenny Torrella, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
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Garments can be dirtied again by the elements if air-dried outside.Mary Cornetta, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 July 2024
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And while the phrase snail essence may conjure images of slime, rest assured: the ingredient is silky, rather than slimy.Kiana Murden, Vogue, 14 Dec. 2024
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The doctor unrolls some of this wet material, which looks like white slimy cloth, and starts to wrap it around István’s arm and hand, on top of the bandage that’s already there.David Szalay, The New Yorker, 1 Dec. 2024
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But the dog domestication saga gets even murkier in the context of the peopling of the Americas, which might have occurred sometime between 27,000 and 16,000 years ago.Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Dec. 2024
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Yet the science surrounding the Pet Effect is murky, at best.Jessica Pierce, TIME, 15 Dec. 2024
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“Muddy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/muddy. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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