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Recent Examples of puddled
Frail elderly women, swathed in headscarves and saris, worshipped while sitting on puddled pavement near corroded metal changing lockers plastered with ads for Glow & Lovely skin cream.
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Norma Meyer, Oc Register, 4 Feb. 2026
This length is easier to maintain and avoids the tripping hazards of puddled fabric while still looking polished.
—Sophie Flaxman, Better Homes & Gardens, 29 Dec. 2025
Fashion insiders wear them with puddled trousers and oversized knits; celebrities sport them year-round with jeans and knits, and preps still swear by a traditional black or oxblood pair that goes with everything.
—Christina Holevas, Vogue, 15 Nov. 2025
Norma Meyer, Oc Register, 4 Feb. 2026
This length is easier to maintain and avoids the tripping hazards of puddled fabric while still looking polished.
—Sophie Flaxman, Better Homes & Gardens, 29 Dec. 2025
Fashion insiders wear them with puddled trousers and oversized knits; celebrities sport them year-round with jeans and knits, and preps still swear by a traditional black or oxblood pair that goes with everything.
—Christina Holevas, Vogue, 15 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for puddled
Adjective
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Bloody, disturbing, shocking, and entertaining as hell, the Ghost Ship opening couldn’t be any more different from the absolute slog that follows it, climaxing on a muddled and overly complicated ending.—
Brianna Zigler,
Entertainment Weekly,
15 June 2026
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So the relationship of high rates for long-term CDs and low rates for short-term CDs remains muddled.—
Matt Richardson,
CBS News,
11 June 2026
Adjective
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Celebrity nail artist Julie Kandalec painted Emily Blunt’s short, square nails an inky shade of purple for the Louis Vuitton Cruise 2027 show, while Charli XCX wore a short, black cherry manicure by artist Naomi Yasuda to the 2026 Met Gala.—
Ariel Wodarcyk,
InStyle,
6 June 2026
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Sluggy surfaces, inky indigo, green casts, wool and cashmere blends and flocked finishes put a denim spin on it.—
Angela Velasquez,
Footwear News,
2 June 2026
Adjective
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Melanie Hamrick, a former member of American Ballet Theatre’s corps de ballet, was leaping down a dingy stairwell in the company’s lower-Broadway rehearsal building recently.—
Bob Morris,
New Yorker,
15 June 2026
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Even though modern machines and detergents have taken most of the workload out of the task, there are still some outdated laundry habits that may leave your clothes and linens looking dingy, smelling less than fresh, and feeling scratchy.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
Southern Living,
12 June 2026
Adjective
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During a nearly four-hour Friday hearing in Mecklenburg County small claims court, Jackson and Agape’s attorneys parsed through a muddied timeline that involved verbal agreements between Ball, Jackson and either Cam Newton or his father, Cecil Newton.—
Julia Coin,
Charlotte Observer,
27 Apr. 2026
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There is a desperate need to protect first-party data, which becomes muddied when bots, rather than humans, navigate a site.—
Arthur Zaczkiewicz,
Footwear News,
20 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Does that kind of discourse-friendly success override the fact that Euphoria is too young, too scummy, and too dumb to fit into the usual Emmy pattern?—
Joe Reid,
Vulture,
2 May 2026
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Clean Glass Shower Doors Melt about half a cup of coconut oil and mix in a few drops of lemon juice to create a solution that will go to work on scummy glass shower doors and walls.—
Patricia Shannon,
Better Homes & Gardens,
4 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Algae bloomed late last week just days after the completion of the renovation, turning the pool from deep blue to green and murky.—
Jonathan Karl,
ABC News,
18 June 2026
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The details remain murky, but reports indicated that American and Iranian leaders on Monday signed an agreement intended to end hostilities between the countries.—
Las Vegas Review-Journal,
Twin Cities,
18 June 2026
Adjective
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White Whale Dirty Martini At White Whale in Las Vegas, the White Whale Dirty Martini is a spirit-forward martini enhanced with a robust, unfiltered olive oil fat wash.—
Aly Walansky,
Forbes.com,
13 June 2026
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Prepare as directed, using an unfiltered wheat beer (such as Boulevard Wheat or Paulaner Hefe-Weizen).—
Sarah Martens,
Better Homes & Gardens,
12 June 2026
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“Puddled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/puddled. Accessed 20 Jun. 2026.
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