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Recent Examples of mud
Most casualties were in Kunar province, where people typically live in wood and mud-brick houses along steep valleys.
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Elena Becatoros, Los Angeles Times, 4 Apr. 2026
Many homes in rural and outlying areas are made from mud bricks and wood, with many poorly built.
—ABC News, 3 Apr. 2026
Standing knee-deep in the lo‘i, covered in mud, gently pressing roots into the earth, anchored me in a new way.
—Wassan Al-Khudhairi, Artforum, 2 Apr. 2026
Thousands people lost power and residents of Oahu's North Shore had to evacuate as their neighborhoods were overwhelmed with mud and water.
—Christopher Edwards, PEOPLE, 2 Apr. 2026
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Elena Becatoros, Los Angeles Times, 4 Apr. 2026
Many homes in rural and outlying areas are made from mud bricks and wood, with many poorly built.
—ABC News, 3 Apr. 2026
Standing knee-deep in the lo‘i, covered in mud, gently pressing roots into the earth, anchored me in a new way.
—Wassan Al-Khudhairi, Artforum, 2 Apr. 2026
Thousands people lost power and residents of Oahu's North Shore had to evacuate as their neighborhoods were overwhelmed with mud and water.
—Christopher Edwards, PEOPLE, 2 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mud
Noun
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Crumbled sidewalks were replaced by planks that covered the sludge that concealed the ancient wood fretwork that buried the bones of the metropolis and its people.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 Apr. 2026
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The second is a 100-day sludge line that will poison the reserves oil-hungry nations are racing to drain.—
Siddharth Misra,
Fortune,
28 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Cormorants that tried to clean each other with their beaks died after ingesting the viscous muck.—
Jeffrey Marlow,
New Yorker,
5 Apr. 2026
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As the men tumbled down the grade’s shoulder into muck and brush, the speeders rammed together.—
Dave Duffey,
Outdoor Life,
26 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Accessibility Due to Lupaia’s location on a steep hilltop with gravel pathways and naturally uneven grounds at various levels, this resort is not wheelchair accessible.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
3 Apr. 2026
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Any second, surely, Dad’s tan Mercedes would glide into view and start its rumbling, lumbering ascent up the gravel drive.—
Kate Crane,
Rolling Stone,
2 Apr. 2026
Noun
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In the eighteen-nineties, oil drillers tapped into pools beneath the sand; new wells crept all the way to the surf’s edge, and eventually into the water.—
Jeffrey Marlow,
New Yorker,
5 Apr. 2026
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Other plants on the property that have been grown in sand include gladiolus, lily-of-the-Nile (Agapanthus), and a hedge of geraniums.—
Joshua Siskin,
Oc Register,
4 Apr. 2026
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“Mud.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mud. Accessed 9 Apr. 2026.
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