sludge
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The kind of groove your tires make driving to Big Bear in December without chains: an icy trench filled with frustration, exhaustion and everyday sludge.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
The wave tore through the Rasuwagadhi hydropower plant where Adhikari worked, swallowing buildings and leaving only dark-gray sludge.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026
"We have access to all the tunnels, but it's problematic to get inside, as there are rocks and sludge," Energy Minister Biraj Bhakta Shrestha told reporters on Tuesday.
From Barron's ● Sep. 2, 2026
However, there are strict rules that farmers must follow when spreading sludge and Ben says he uses GPS to ensure it is only placed in the correct areas.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
The tea tasted awful, like pond sludge, and I didn’t dream anything at all.
From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy
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"When sewage sludges are spread across the fields, those toxic compounds could be released into the air," Katz said.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 11, 2026
These little guys live in basically every natural setting in the world, including deserts, soils, and, in particularly unlucky cases, the sludges of the human body.
From Slate ● Mar. 8, 2024
While working in a lab in the Netherlands in the late 2000s, Strous noticed that a type of methane-feeding bacteria often found in lake sediments and wastewater sludges had a strange way of life.
From Scientific American ● Aug. 22, 2023
For players and officials both as the NHL sludges through this pandemic with a human toll being taken nightly at arenas, including one the Kraken calls home.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 28, 2021
With regard to the manurial value of the resulting sludges, much difference of opinion has existed.
From Manures and the principles of manuring by Charles Morton Aikman
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