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as in dark
a time or place of little or no light
a robber lying unseen in the murk
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Recent Examples of murk
Tian's research assistant is standing up and her shadow falls upon the chartreuse murk.
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Ari Daniel,
NPR,
11 June 2026
The Hollywood Reporter senior editors Alex Weprin and Steven Zeitchik came together to shed some light on the mega-murk.
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Steven Zeitchik,
HollywoodReporter,
4 June 2026
Lyrics drown in the murk of excessive amplification.
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Theater Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
1 May 2026
The murk posed a real threat to Texans with emphysema or asthma, to the elderly or the infirm.
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Scott W. Stern,
The New York Review of Books,
13 Apr. 2026
White noise swirls like smoke and Kenyan guest vocalist Lord Spikeheart’s sinister laughter punctuates the murk.
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Philip Sherburne,
Pitchfork,
25 Mar. 2026
Mueller’s inability to get to the bottom of the murk did not make the murk any less murky.
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David Frum,
The Atlantic,
25 Mar. 2026
In the evening of March 1, an oil tanker turned off its transponder about 25 kilometers (15 miles) east of the emirate of Sharjah and disappeared into the murk of jammed signals over the Strait of Hormuz, the narrow chokepoint that separates the Persian Gulf from the open ocean.
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Priyanjana Bengani,
Bloomberg,
7 Mar. 2026
At last, a few gleams of paving stone showed through the murk in the lane below.
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Literary Hub,
26 Feb. 2026
Ari Daniel,
NPR,
11 June 2026
The Hollywood Reporter senior editors Alex Weprin and Steven Zeitchik came together to shed some light on the mega-murk.
—
Steven Zeitchik,
HollywoodReporter,
4 June 2026
Lyrics drown in the murk of excessive amplification.
—
Theater Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
1 May 2026
The murk posed a real threat to Texans with emphysema or asthma, to the elderly or the infirm.
—
Scott W. Stern,
The New York Review of Books,
13 Apr. 2026
White noise swirls like smoke and Kenyan guest vocalist Lord Spikeheart’s sinister laughter punctuates the murk.
—
Philip Sherburne,
Pitchfork,
25 Mar. 2026
Mueller’s inability to get to the bottom of the murk did not make the murk any less murky.
—
David Frum,
The Atlantic,
25 Mar. 2026
In the evening of March 1, an oil tanker turned off its transponder about 25 kilometers (15 miles) east of the emirate of Sharjah and disappeared into the murk of jammed signals over the Strait of Hormuz, the narrow chokepoint that separates the Persian Gulf from the open ocean.
—
Priyanjana Bengani,
Bloomberg,
7 Mar. 2026
At last, a few gleams of paving stone showed through the murk in the lane below.
—
Literary Hub,
26 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for murk
Noun
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Stilla handles the all-day and the after-dark with a tight list of spritzes and Bellinis plus a crisp food menu featuring lobster and classic sandwiches, solid burgers, and a genuinely good vegan club.
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Be sure to check out the Vewolight Solar Rain Gauge, which adds a warm glow after dark and helps track rainfall.
Noun
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Smoke from a series of wildfires that have burned more than 20,000 acres across South Florida began to ease Sunday, bringing clearer skies to some communities after days of heavy haze and poor air quality.
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The haze later cleared with the game going ahead.
Noun
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Hawthorne mostly succeeds at keeping the blackness in check in this foray into YA.
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From individual missions to tours aboard the ISS, video games have featured surprisingly often in the inky blackness of space.
Noun
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In other words, entire sections of coastline turned into shifting underwater fog banks.
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Sunglasses can fog, slide down, collect sweat or slightly change how the ball looks.
Noun
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As a result, MSV now lives on in the shadows.
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Aerial video of the blaze showed smoke billowing from numerous beachside buildings, with large gray plumes of smoke casting dark shadows on the beach's turquoise waters.
Noun
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Some ideas displayed Wednesday included a bandshell, mist fountain and children’s play area.
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Some other standouts include a collagen glow mist for bouncy, plump skin at under $15, as well as viral toner pads to soothe blemishes and even out skin tone for under $20.
Noun
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This allows the robot to operate autonomously in complete darkness, harsh sunlight, and rapidly changing lighting conditions while maintaining accurate mapping, obstacle detection, and path planning for uninterrupted inspections and patrols.
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The most beautiful of all the zodiacal constellations is now visible, low toward the south-southeast as darkness falls.
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Poor caching quietly increases latency, cloud cost, battery usage and backend load at scale.
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Channel the optimism of a 2016 summer with short nails that look like clouds of cotton candy.
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“Murk.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/murk. Accessed 28 Jun. 2026.
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