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Recent Examples of Synonyms for muck (out)
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To clean them by hand, scrub the curtain with a soft cloth sprinkled with baking soda, then rinse.—
Lauren Wicks,
Southern Living,
4 Nov. 2025 -
Somebody is in the kitchen scrubbing your cast-iron pan with dish soap.—
Laura L. Davis,
Nashville Tennessean,
31 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Organic and lightly brushed with salmonella and fecal matter.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
10 Nov. 2025
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Daily baguette runs to the local bakery – an errand that Anract says used to be as automatic and ritualistic as brushing teeth – have become less frequent.—
Vivian Song,
CNN Money,
8 Nov. 2025
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Still, both Raz and Indig wonder if the podium results would have turned out differently if their team was allowed in the country.—
Jackson Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
6 Nov. 2025
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Indeed, access to the VW Group’s materiel and finances turned out to be exactly what Lamborghini needed to thrive.—
Will Sabel Courtney,
Robb Report,
6 Nov. 2025
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An employee was using a hip towel to wipe their hands throughout their shift.—
Sacbee.com,
Sacbee.com,
31 Oct. 2025
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Her theory is that, in cleaning up the murder scene, the killer forgot to wipe the doorknob.—
Rafaela Bassili,
Vulture,
29 Oct. 2025
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His rule finally came to an end in 1998 after the Asian financial crisis threw the country into economic turmoil, prompting widespread protests and forcing Suharto to resign – one of the last people power movements to sweep Southeast Asia and replace a Cold War-era autocrat with democracy.—
Jessie Yeung,
CNN Money,
11 Nov. 2025
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Last week, Democrats swept the board in off-year elections across the country.—
Jon Allsop,
New Yorker,
11 Nov. 2025
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Her goal in including hygiene items and cleaning supplies in the pantry is to ensure families don’t need to choose between nutrition and other forms of self-care, Ortega said.—
Alyssa N. Salcedo,
jsonline.com,
6 Nov. 2025
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Depending on how often your household uses your microwave, the inside should be cleaned at least once a week with dish soap and hot water on a microfiber cloth.—
Lauren Wicks,
Southern Living,
6 Nov. 2025
Verb
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The ashes have settled over the charred Louisville neighborhood where nine people remain missing and families cling to hope as investigators comb through the wreckage of Tuesday’s fatal UPS cargo plane crash.—
Alaa Elassar,
CNN Money,
8 Nov. 2025
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He's assembled a team to comb through the details and evidence.—
Noe Padilla,
IndyStar,
7 Nov. 2025
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Instead, this is a great time to go back to projects, clients and professional plans from the past and dust them off to see if they can be revamped from a fresh perspective.—
Kyle Thomas,
PEOPLE,
9 Nov. 2025
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The season transforms the city’s historic streets into something out of a snow globe—brick row houses dusted in white, gas lamps flickering through the early dusk, and the smell of soul-warming seafood chowder drifting from restaurants in the Seaport area.—
Mark Ellwood,
AFAR Media,
7 Nov. 2025
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“Muck (out).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/muck%20%28out%29. Accessed 13 Nov. 2025.
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