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Recent Examples of mud
After granting his request to aid his cause, Sharako insists that the uptight Lannister prove his worth by wrestling her in a mud pit.
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Bryan Alexander,
USA Today,
21 June 2026
Hugh and Elijah got their faces buried in the mud.
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Wesley Stenzel,
Entertainment Weekly,
18 June 2026
Other nearby points of interest include gurgling mud pots, or geothermal mud volcanoes, on the eastern shoreline.
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Chelsee Lowe,
Travel + Leisure,
18 June 2026
Stained with mud all over, most heavily on the knees, but the mess was general.
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Literary Hub,
17 June 2026
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Bryan Alexander,
USA Today,
21 June 2026
Hugh and Elijah got their faces buried in the mud.
—
Wesley Stenzel,
Entertainment Weekly,
18 June 2026
Other nearby points of interest include gurgling mud pots, or geothermal mud volcanoes, on the eastern shoreline.
—
Chelsee Lowe,
Travel + Leisure,
18 June 2026
Stained with mud all over, most heavily on the knees, but the mess was general.
—
Literary Hub,
17 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for mud
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mud
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Little filth flies such as drain flies breed in sludge and decaying matter that can build up in drain pipes, says Oi.
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The 29-year-old has arrived at Rolling Stone’s office in distressed cutoff denim shorts and custom boots self-designed to look like she’s been trekking through sludge à la Kate Moss at Glastonbury 2005.
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France played through the rain and muck to beat Iraq 3-0 behind two goals from Kylian Mbappé.
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People get mired in all kinds of muck and yuck by the slop on social media.
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Most access points are reached from the west side, coming through Meeker, and Grimes noted that despite the isolation, the gravel roads are well-maintained, meaning a passenger vehicle should get you to most trailheads.
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Some 15,000 years ago the Missoula Floods tore across the region, laying down the windblown silt, gravel, and basalt cobbles that still feed the vines today.
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The line was marked then, as now, by obelisks, 276 of them today, placed roughly within view of one another from El Paso west to the Pacific Ocean ‒ an early attempt to harden the line in the sand.
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Every summer, South Korea’s southern city of Busan holds a sand art exhibit on trendy Haeundae Beach.
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“Mud.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mud. Accessed 30 Jun. 2026.
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