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Recent Examples of guckThe water levels varied with every step, rising from feet to knees to thighs in an instant, then back to shoe-sucking guck.—Grayson Haver Currin, Outside Online, 27 Feb. 2022 Rachael’s radical hypothesis is that menstruation is necessary to flush out bacteria and guck that enter women’s bodies along with sperm during intercourse.—Joanne Engelhardt, The Mercury News, 18 July 2019 Take a look: The guck that comes out of what has been classified by INSIDER as an epidermoid cyst seems never-ending.—Samantha Brodsky, Good Housekeeping, 3 Aug. 2017
Later an Iron Age bowl was found in the mud, and bones that appeared to have been modified by humans were discovered as well, leading researchers to conclude that the cave had once been occupied by prehistoric people.
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Adam Kovac,
Scientific American,
1 June 2026
Couples can get messy together at Sulphur Springs (where the mud baths are reputed to heal sunburn and soothe sore joints) and rinse off under a 50-foot-tall waterfall.
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Sarah Greaves-Gabbadon,
Condé Nast Traveler,
1 June 2026
Ironically, the onslaught of AI sludge reshaping the look and feel of life online today has been steadily compelling some viewers to embrace exploring last century’s cinema in the real world.
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Alison Foreman,
IndieWire,
31 May 2026
Brine is a super-concentrated, suffocating saltwater sludge, which kills marine life.
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Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
27 May 2026