mud

Example Sentences

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It’s to drag OpenAI and its other founders through the mud until they come out the other side as dirty as he is.

From Slate • Apr. 30, 2026

Freeport-McMoRan stock fell nearly 8% as investors prioritized long-term operational issues from a fatal mud rush over Q1 earnings beat.

From Barron's • Apr. 23, 2026

Oil seep hydrocarbons and oxygen-free mud protected not only bones but also delicate tissues such as skin and cartilage.

From Science Daily • Apr. 23, 2026

Those roles sometimes conflict — as they did at Lake Mendocino, which dried to a mud puddle during the 2012–16 drought.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 21, 2026

I didn’t move and in that very short time she realized what I was, blew out of the water in a fountain of spray and bottom mud, and was gone.

From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen