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as in dark
a time or place of little or no light
a robber lying unseen in the murk
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Recent Examples of murk
With an eye that’s sensitive enough to see a bumblebee in lunar orbit, the telescope will peer into the primordial murk from which stars, galaxies, and planets emerged, piercing the darkness that has occluded the gaze of other great observatories.
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Nadia Drake, National Geographic, 25 Dec. 2021
Nadia Drake, National Geographic, 25 Dec. 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for murk
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But batteries that bank power for after dark have changed the equation.Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 9 Jan. 2025
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Over this 21-year span, 234,000 square miles of the Arctic landscape transitioned from dark to lit.Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 9 Dec. 2024
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Household Gods Bigger Than Money Marni Jackson Through a haze of anesthetic, a patient on the operating table recognizes her surgeon's voice.Max Ufberg, hazlitt.net, 4 Jan. 2025
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Trade FaceTime for face time Kathleen Smith’s days often pass in a virtual haze.Angela Haupt, TIME, 31 Dec. 2024
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Instead of gentle concentric circles, gleaming finishes, or a mesmerizing light show, the ProArt P16 meets us with inky blackness.PCMAG, PCMAG, 13 Oct. 2024
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The Mid-Credits Scene — the King in Black The central plot of The Last Dance revolves around Venom trying to stop the creator of the symbiotes, Knull (Andy Serkis), from escaping his celestial prison and returning all of existence to the Void, the blackness that predates the universe.Richard Newby, Vulture, 25 Oct. 2024
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Meanwhile, there are, of course reasons why the fog might smell of chemicals.Emma Woollacott, Forbes, 8 Jan. 2025
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Felsenthal had already made some clear-sky sea paintings by the time the fog rolled in on that July day in Pleasant Bay.Grace Edquist, Vogue, 8 Jan. 2025
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This was recently confirmed to us by Givenchy, which offers its iconic fragrances in several hair mists.Ana Morales, Vogue, 26 Dec. 2024
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These include laundry detergent strips, laundry mists, and liquid detergents.Bianca Salonga, Forbes, 22 Dec. 2024
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Trump’s course of conduct in rejecting the legitimacy of his defeat in 2020, up to and including his speech on January 6, should have disqualified him from further service in public office and resulted in casting him into the outer darkness of our political culture.Dan McLaughlin, National Review, 6 Jan. 2025
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In the season, Doctor Strange is trapped in the Astral Plane, while the world is plunged into darkness as a result of Doctor Doom and Dracula's meddling.Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 6 Jan. 2025
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Fire tornadoes occur when intense wind combines with conditions in the atmosphere to produce clouds of smoke that reach 20,000 to 40,000 feet, Swain said.Karissa Waddick, USA TODAY, 13 Jan. 2025
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If there’s been some tension, a heavy cloud or just a feeling of stagnation around your passions, romantic life or in regard to children, the universe is embracing you this week and assuring you that the cosmos are still on your side.Kyle Thomas, People.com, 12 Jan. 2025
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Flaunt this fun, floral style, or opt for their best-selling classic black.Meg Donohue, Town & Country, 31 Jan. 2023
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Take your pick from black to mocha to crisp, winter white.Taylor Jean Stephan, Peoplemag, 31 Jan. 2023
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“Murk.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/murk. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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