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Recent Examples of mudExcessive rainfall over the warning area will cause mud slides near steep terrain.—Ca Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 10 Sep. 2025 One example came in 1981's Stripes, where Candy's character mud wrestles with several women.—Mark Gray, PEOPLE, 10 Sep. 2025 The man was covered in mud and appeared to be under the influence of methamphetamines, according to the arrest warrant affidavit.—Caroline Zimmerman, Kansas City Star, 9 Sep. 2025 As seen in many forms of motorsports, drivers often go over grass and mud to add more weight since the dirt sticks to the hot tires.—Saajan Jogia, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for mud
Meanwhile, the onset of the rainy season has exacerbated already deplorable conditions, transforming dust into thick sludge, flooding fragile shelters, and bringing swarms of malaria-carrying mosquitoes.
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Charlie Campbell,
Time,
4 Sep. 2025
The standard provided improved protection for modern gasoline engines, including requirements for Low-Speed Pre-Ignition (LSPI), timing chain wear, and better piston deposit and sludge control.
But the version at the Saenger was a different song entirely—quiet and haunting, delivered in a rocks-and-gravel voice to a dark hall that had gone dead silent.
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Tom Piazza
September 12,
Literary Hub,
12 Sep. 2025
Then in the 1960s, Lake Burtnieks’s northern shore was used as a gravel quarry.
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