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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.
—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
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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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mud
Noun
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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.—
Larisha Paul,
Rolling Stone,
17 June 2026
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In many cases, the blockage comes from sludge in the line, which can sometimes be cleared with a simple flush of water or with a wet/dry vac at the exterior drain outlet.—
Caroline Lubinsky,
Martha Stewart,
15 June 2026
Noun
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France played through the rain and muck to beat Iraq 3-0 behind two goals from Kylian Mbappé.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
22 June 2026
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People get mired in all kinds of muck and yuck by the slop on social media.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
31 May 2026
Noun
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The roads are gravel, remote, full of potholes, and arriving at the hotel meant making a river crossing at one point in time (a bridge has since been introduced).—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
17 June 2026
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The creek bed is lined with gravel and rock for a natural look.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
Southern Living,
16 June 2026
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His ideal mix for vegetables is a combination of topsoil, compost, and lava fines, aka lava sand, which help oxygenate the soil.—
Johanna Silver,
Better Homes & Gardens,
20 June 2026
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Queen Camilla closed out the 2026 Royal Ascot on Saturday with a second, shorter shoe streak, returning to Eliot Zed’s sand suede pumps after spending the meeting’s first three days in Chanel.—
Maggie Clancy,
Footwear News,
20 June 2026
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“Mud.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mud. Accessed 24 Jun. 2026.
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