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Recent Examples of mud
Covered in mud and branches, the car was discovered in about 7 feet of water by Chaos Divers, a nonprofit that specializes in finding missing people in bodies of water.
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Courier-News, Chicago Tribune, 27 Mar. 2025
Along with a stagnant economy, the controversy is sending his approval rating deeper into the mud.
—William Pesek, Forbes, 20 Mar. 2025
Such was the case last week when a Fire Department dispatcher calmly guided a rescue crew to a remote wooded area in Brookfield Park on Staten Island where an 18-year-old got stuck in about 3 feet of mud while walking two dogs with his sister.
—Leonard Greene, New York Daily News, 19 Mar. 2025
Smaller dinosaurs and other creatures were caught in the mud, unable to escape.
—Scott Travers, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025
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Courier-News, Chicago Tribune, 27 Mar. 2025
Along with a stagnant economy, the controversy is sending his approval rating deeper into the mud.
—William Pesek, Forbes, 20 Mar. 2025
Such was the case last week when a Fire Department dispatcher calmly guided a rescue crew to a remote wooded area in Brookfield Park on Staten Island where an 18-year-old got stuck in about 3 feet of mud while walking two dogs with his sister.
—Leonard Greene, New York Daily News, 19 Mar. 2025
Smaller dinosaurs and other creatures were caught in the mud, unable to escape.
—Scott Travers, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mud
Noun
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More than a billion gallons of coal ash slurry breached a containment pond, inundating 300 acres with toxic sludge and contaminating nearby waterways.—
Yaakov Katz,
Newsweek,
17 Jan. 2025
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Only the Greater Los Angeles area distributed more sludge to farmers during the same period.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
14 Jan. 2025
Noun
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The war settled into a brutal battle of attrition with limited movement along a frontline stretching for 600 miles through muck of eastern Ukraine.—
Dave Goldiner,
New York Daily News,
11 Mar. 2025
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The Clippers’ success lately isn’t just stemming from them making games ugly with their defense and slogging through the muck.—
Zach Harper,
The Athletic,
24 Mar. 2025
Noun
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The gravel road leading up to the crossing near Mendon was too steep, according to the NTSB report.—
Robert A. Cronkleton,
Kansas City Star,
7 Apr. 2025
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The walk over here had taken me three hours, trudging uphill on a gravel road.—
Tim Brinkhof,
Travel + Leisure,
5 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The white sand Beach is also a hot spot for surfers and a popular spot for those driving the Road to Hana that’s located at mile 9.—
Brittany Anas,
Forbes.com,
28 Mar. 2025
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There also are fat bikes designed for sand and snow.—
BestReviews,
The Mercury News,
26 Mar. 2025
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“Mud.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mud. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.
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