sludge

Example Sentences

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While the tariff sludge remains, markets digested mixed economic data.

From Barron's • Feb. 20, 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

A new regulator, national plans to upgrade pipes and sewers, and limits on spreading sewage sludge on land are among proposals in a Welsh government shake-up of the nation's water system.

From BBC • Feb. 3, 2026

With brown mud covering our faces, hair, and clothes, we laugh and roll in the sludge like pigs.

From "First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers" by Loung Ung