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Recent Examples of sludge
The unanimous vote on Feb. 11 paves the way for federal help for those whose land has been contaminated by PFAS in fertilizer made from sewage sludge.
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Elizabeth Campbell, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 Feb. 2025
Guests can sign up to walk to the canal and toss in Genki balls, filled with microorganisms that eat away at the sludge in the canal created from manmade pollutants.
—Jalyn Robinson, Travel + Leisure, 25 May 2025
Reichardt’s previous films, such as her retro Westerns Meek’s Cutoff and First Cow, have tended towards sludge and shadows, but her competition closer opens with the golden leaves of a New England fall, slightly faded to the paler golds of an Ektachrome postcard of the era.
—Stephanie Bunbury, Deadline, 23 May 2025
Add the bark powder, which turns into DMT-laden sludge.
—Andy Greenberg, Wired News, 22 May 2025
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Elizabeth Campbell, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 Feb. 2025
Guests can sign up to walk to the canal and toss in Genki balls, filled with microorganisms that eat away at the sludge in the canal created from manmade pollutants.
—Jalyn Robinson, Travel + Leisure, 25 May 2025
Reichardt’s previous films, such as her retro Westerns Meek’s Cutoff and First Cow, have tended towards sludge and shadows, but her competition closer opens with the golden leaves of a New England fall, slightly faded to the paler golds of an Ektachrome postcard of the era.
—Stephanie Bunbury, Deadline, 23 May 2025
Add the bark powder, which turns into DMT-laden sludge.
—Andy Greenberg, Wired News, 22 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sludge
Noun
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The crews used an excavator to lift the uninjured Dancer out of the mud, officials said.—
Paloma Chavez,
Miami Herald,
23 June 2025
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Kong pounds and punches his way through materials and crawls through mud to uncover collectibles.—
Jordan Minor,
PC Magazine,
18 June 2025
Noun
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There will be entertainment with DJ and games, face painting and corn hole along with food vendors.—
Linda Mcintosh,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
24 June 2025
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Diverting corn from grocery stores to gas tanks pushes up commodity prices—which, in turn, encourages farmers to convert forests and marshes into cropland.—
Elizabeth Kolbert,
New Yorker,
23 June 2025
Noun
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Here’s a recipe for Christina Tosi’s cinnamon buns with brown sugar goo.—
Gustavo Arellano,
Los Angeles Times,
6 June 2025
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Unlike liquid sanitizer, wipes won't leak in your bag, which means no surprise goo on your stuff.—
Gregory Robinson,
Travel + Leisure,
31 May 2025
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“Sludge.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sludge. Accessed 5 Jul. 2025.
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