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Recent Examples of mud
In Game 2, neither team scored on the power play, but the Canadiens were building momentum with their looks while the Sabres were stuck in the mud.
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Matthew Fairburn, New York Times, 10 May 2026
Four months and one day later, long after the sun set and the crowds had dispersed from the 152nd running of the Kentucky Derby, DeVaux and her family giddily tromped across the mud of the Churchill Downs track to the backside.
—Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 9 May 2026
Venice is a city built on timber piles driven into mud more than a thousand years ago, its infrastructure both stubborn and fragile.
—Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 4 May 2026
The hillside became a mud slick.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 4 May 2026
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Matthew Fairburn, New York Times, 10 May 2026
Four months and one day later, long after the sun set and the crowds had dispersed from the 152nd running of the Kentucky Derby, DeVaux and her family giddily tromped across the mud of the Churchill Downs track to the backside.
—Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 9 May 2026
Venice is a city built on timber piles driven into mud more than a thousand years ago, its infrastructure both stubborn and fragile.
—Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 4 May 2026
The hillside became a mud slick.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 4 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mud
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However, conventional anaerobic digestion remains relatively inefficient, with the process typically converting less than 40% of the sludge's carbon into usable gas.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
9 May 2026
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The complaint alleged stain-resistant chemicals used by carpet mills in Calhoun had contaminated the sludge, which in turn polluted the water.—
DYLAN JACKSON,
ABC News,
6 May 2026
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But during World War II, about 20,000 acres of Lake Apopka’s north shore were drained and converted into muck farms to grow vegetables needed to feed troops for a nation at war with Axis forces in Europe, Africa and the Pacific.—
Stephen Hudak,
The Orlando Sentinel,
4 May 2026
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On the path of committing to the bit, Hathaway and her film diverge in terms of quality; the movie is awe-inspiringly ill-begotten, but its leading lady deserves a medal for finding something juicy amid the muck.—
Chris Feil,
Vulture,
1 May 2026
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The whale became stranded on the island's gravel beach on Monday night, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association's regional branch said on social media.—
Kerry Breen,
CBS News,
6 May 2026
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For the first part of his life, that was rally, where teams race cars not on tracks but twisty, small roads on terrain like gravel and snow.—
Marisa Meltzer,
Vanity Fair,
6 May 2026
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Boca Raton — Boca Raton is one of the wealthiest cities in Florida, but even along its golden sands, people still get stuck in fiscal undertows.—
Steve Hartman,
CBS News,
9 May 2026
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Consider heading all the way north along the sand several miles to the pretty trails and quiet beach fronting Hanna Park or go south along the sand to the quarter-mile-long Jax Beach Pier, where surfers catch waves and anglers cast out lines for whatever is biting.—
Terry Ward,
Travel + Leisure,
9 May 2026
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“Mud.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mud. Accessed 14 May. 2026.
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