hardened
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Some of these cores at the Northern Territory Geological Survey are mudstone – a type of sedimentary rock formed from hardened seafloor mud.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 27, 2026
Across the surrounding countryside, seepages resemble miniature volcanoes overflowing with crude and leaving hardened black trails.
From Barron's ● Sep. 26, 2026
As a physically smaller woman, she said she found tackling some of them "intimidating", but had become more hardened to it through experience.
From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026
Rescue teams are racing to clear out the tunnels, choked with hardened mud and rock.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026
She set both of her palms on Mia’s belly, as if offering a benediction, and Mia’s muscles tensed and hardened.
From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng
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