sludge

Example Sentences

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This was a leader who rolled up his sleeves and stacked sandbags alongside firemen and volunteers, when toxic red sludge from a bauxite mine engulfed a Hungarian valley and threatened the Danube shore in 2010.

From BBC • Apr. 5, 2026

In the city of Uba, a two-hour drive away, residents were covered in mud as they cleared sludge from a river that had burst its banks.

From Barron's • Feb. 25, 2026

For the purposes of “Crime 101,” that thoroughfare is reimagined as a quick escape route rather than the choked pipeline of sludge more familiar from reality.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 12, 2026

The Times built its own internal search engine to sort through the sludge.

From Slate • Feb. 4, 2026

Splotches of mysterious sludge stick to the stone floor.

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer