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Recent Examples of mudThe couple said both the Shawnee and Olathe parks had debris, mud and a bad smell, but Shawnee Mission Park was still a better alternative.—Madeline King, Kansas City Star, 18 July 2025 Outside, two men in yellow coats hose mud from a reef of oysters
to be priced and sold by the bucketful.—Roey Leonardi, The Atlantic, 13 July 2025 If pets or guests track mud or food scraps on the rug, just hose it off and leave it outside to dry.—Jacqueline Tempera, People.com, 11 July 2025 Crews have uncovered RVs buried beneath layers of debris and vehicles caked in thick mud, as the search stretches into its seventh day.—Amanda Castro, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for mud
There were torrential rains in Italy's north on Monday and parts of Bardonecchia near Turin were covered in sludge after the Frejus river burst its banks.
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Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
30 June 2025
In one video shared in April, taken deep inside a large karst cave, manure could be seen pouring through holes in the ceiling, forming sludge pools while staining the white stalactites black.
Dredging would have removed about four to five feet of muck and other material from the floor of the lake, increasing its depth to 12 feet in some places.
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Kenneth R. Gosselin,
Hartford Courant,
20 July 2025
And years of exposure to heat, chemicals, and environmental muck can also strip away some of your hair’s natural gloss, leaving it looking duller, Dr. Lo Sicco notes.
A week into the blockade, Davis announced plans to put the migrants—many of them imprisoned in penitentiaries far from the state line—to work, assigning them to unpaid, forced manual labor like quarrying rock, sand and gravel for public projects.
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Olatunji Osho-Williams,
Smithsonian Magazine,
24 July 2025
There are two cup holders, a mesh side pocket perfect for flip-flops, a place to carry an umbrella, and all-terrain wheels with a locking feature that move easily over sand, gravel, dirt, grass and more.
As seas became shallower, sand and dirt covered corals.
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Jalen Williams,
Freep.com,
27 July 2025
Minimize exposure between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. Be aware: white sand and similar surfaces reflect UV rays and increase exposure.
11+: Extreme (extreme risk of harm)
Try to avoid sun exposure from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Reapply SPF 30+ sunscreen every 2 hours.
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