murky waters

plural noun

: confusing details
He began studying the murky waters of copyright law.

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The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission provided advice for swimmers concerned about shark attacks, which includes staying in groups, advising people not to swim too far from shore and using extra caution in murky waters. Adam Sabes, FOXNews.com, 30 Aug. 2025 The waters on the interstate near Chattanooga were so deep that some cars were almost completely submerged, and only their roofs were visible through the brown, murky waters. Julia Gomez, USA Today, 13 Aug. 2025 His mattress, still holding his 2-year-old American bully named Cash, sat barely above the murky waters. Jack Albright, jsonline.com, 12 Aug. 2025 Judges are left to navigate murky waters, trying to apply twentieth-century doctrines to twenty-first-century realities. Aron Solomon july 23, Literary Hub, 23 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for murky waters

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“Murky waters.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/murky%20waters. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.

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