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Recent Examples of mud
Dan drove Payton to a remote dirt road where the car got stuck in mud.
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Christine Pelisek, PEOPLE, 30 Jan. 2026
Ahead of her walk in the rain and mud, Kate changed clothes, swapping her Holland Cooper blazer, wide-legged Jigsaw pants, and Emmy London heels for an olive green Dubarry of Ireland jacket, a brown scarf, brown skinny jeans, a Really Wild Baker Boy hat, and Berghaus hiking boots.
—Rachel Burchfield, InStyle, 28 Jan. 2026
One is a spindly stick about 2 1/2 feet (80 centimeters) long that could have been used for digging in the mud.
—Adithi Ramakrishnan, Los Angeles Times, 27 Jan. 2026
With 12 private spa treatment suites, a wide range of services are offered, including massages, facials, scrubs, mud packs, and lymphatic drainage treatments that include multiple practices in one session.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 26 Jan. 2026
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Christine Pelisek, PEOPLE, 30 Jan. 2026
Ahead of her walk in the rain and mud, Kate changed clothes, swapping her Holland Cooper blazer, wide-legged Jigsaw pants, and Emmy London heels for an olive green Dubarry of Ireland jacket, a brown scarf, brown skinny jeans, a Really Wild Baker Boy hat, and Berghaus hiking boots.
—Rachel Burchfield, InStyle, 28 Jan. 2026
One is a spindly stick about 2 1/2 feet (80 centimeters) long that could have been used for digging in the mud.
—Adithi Ramakrishnan, Los Angeles Times, 27 Jan. 2026
With 12 private spa treatment suites, a wide range of services are offered, including massages, facials, scrubs, mud packs, and lymphatic drainage treatments that include multiple practices in one session.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 26 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mud
Noun
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For decades, that sludge was treated as hazardous waste and hauled to landfills.—
Alan Collins,
The Conversation,
21 Jan. 2026
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Egypt’s mummies are the most well-known, but the process can also happen naturally in places like glacier ice, desert sands and bog sludge.—
Adithi Ramakrishnan,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Lots of mud, mixed with blood and guts, because what’s Westeros if not a queasy swill of muck and bodily fluids?—
Lorraine Ali,
Los Angeles Times,
16 Jan. 2026
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And in fitting Tomlin style, Pittsburgh let a chance to wrap up the division slip away during a three-hour pratfall in the muck at Cleveland last weekend.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
3 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Her brick home has a gravel driveway and a yard covered in prickly pear and saguaro cactus.—
Jacques Billeaud,
Fortune,
4 Feb. 2026
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Resting on almost one and a half acres, the stucco and redwood structure is fronted by a gravel motor court and an attached two-car garage, with steps descending to a tiled entry next to a water feature.—
Wendy Bowman,
Robb Report,
4 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Some years ago, The Andrea, a seasonal seafood restaurant on the west end of Misquamicut Beach in Westerly, posted a black-and-white photo on Facebook showing a line of cars buried in the sand.—
Kathleen Hill,
The Providence Journal,
7 Feb. 2026
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Central Florida Most visions of Florida during spring break are all about sand and saltwater.—
Kelsey Glennon,
Southern Living,
7 Feb. 2026
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“Mud.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mud. Accessed 9 Feb. 2026.
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