sludge

Example Sentences

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In the open sewer outside, plastic bags and bottles drift through charcoal-grey sludge, its stench thick in the air.

From BBC

Residents at the time described seeing slurry carrying "trees and big boulders", and buildings left deep in sludge and mud.

From BBC

The sludge swept through communities, destroying hundreds of people's homes and poisoning the river.

From BBC

According to the victims' lawyers, BHP was aware that toxic sludge was accumulating at at the facility in Minas Gerais state north of Rio de Janeiro at rates that far exceeded the annual limit.

From Barron's

But the other big reason is the “sludge” in the U.S. healthcare system, including questions about who pays and how technologies are integrated.

From MarketWatch