sludgy
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That project is part of a trio of proposed pipelines that aim to deliver heavy oil from western Canada to Gulf Coast refineries able to process the sludgy crude.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
Growth is predicted to be still sludgy for years, slower than expected all the way up until 2030.
From BBC ● Nov. 29, 2025
The sludgy and foreboding take on electrified blues music, coupled with sci-fi stories and witch tales, laid the groundwork for decades of hard rock music across nine albums with Black Sabbath.
From Salon ● Jul. 22, 2025
After Edward elects to undergo an experimental medical treatment, he begins to transform — his old face literally crumbles off — and the theme accentuates his melancholy and metamorphosis with dark beauty and sludgy textures.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 20, 2024
Gingersnipes emerged with a long, flat stick, and they set sail across the sludgy pond.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
Here, though, the number was Mr. LeBlanc’s alone, and he gave in to his sludgier impulses, his voice oozing awkwardly around the lyrics, compressing them into unintelligibility.
From New York Times ● Jul. 23, 2010
