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"Some of those hardest hit in the disaster \u2014 far from the famous park\u2019s limelight \u2014 are leaning heavily on one another to pull their lives out of the mud . \u2014 Amy Beth Hanson, BostonGlobe.com , 20 June 2022",
"Some of those hardest hit in the disaster \u2014 far from the famous park\u2019s limelight \u2014 are leaning heavily on one another to pull their lives out of the mud . \u2014 Matthew Brown And Amy Beth Hanson, The Christian Science Monitor , 20 June 2022",
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"Lifting the foot out of the mud is already past, and setting it down in front of you is the future. \u2014 Dan Piepenbring, The New Yorker , 16 June 2022",
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"Dozens of campsites suggest hundreds of soldiers were stationed in Vyshneve, and the passage of tanks and heavy equipment has turned the ground to mud . \u2014 Isabel Coles, WSJ , 15 May 2022",
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"While Hollywood insiders mud wrestle over who should get which Oscar nominations for what, the rest of us can look forward, not back. \u2014 Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic , 2 Jan. 2022",
"Rain in the forecast would very likely turn the fields to mud and make the pieces of metal and insulation significantly harder to remove. \u2014 New York Times , 16 Dec. 2021",
"One day in April, as the snow turned to mud and the days grew longer, Rinaldi ran into Andrea Zaccardi, of the Center for Biological Diversity, and proposed a plan. \u2014 Natalie Schachar, Washington Post , 30 Nov. 2021",
"Though naturally occurring sediment is in dwindling supply from the rivers and creeks feeding the bay, agencies are turning to mud dredged from the bay\u2019s shipping channels to help build these tidal buffers. \u2014 Julie Johnson, San Francisco Chronicle , 29 Oct. 2021",
"Parts of New York City were assailed by more than 3 inches of rain, high winds and threats of hail and tornadoes, while California was digging rock and mud off roads after historic rain swept across much of the state. \u2014 Laura L. Davis, USA TODAY , 26 Oct. 2021",
"The rains weren\u2019t intense enough to immediately wash away the dust, instead turning it to mud , which conducts electricity and causes equipment to malfunction or even ignite small fires on power poles. \u2014 Michael Cabanatuan, San Francisco Chronicle , 21 Oct. 2021"
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"In a metal cup, gently muddle the mint into the simple syrup. \u2014 Jason O'bryan, Robb Report , 25 June 2022",
"My how expectations and preconceived notions can muddle our brains. \u2014 Erik Kain, Forbes , 9 June 2022",
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"Instructions Gently muddle the basil leaves at the bottom of a glass. \u2014 Heather Adams, Outside Online , 9 June 2022",
"In a julep cup, rocks glass or a Collins glass, gently muddle the mint and simple syrup. \u2014 Washington Post , 2 May 2022",
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"Or at least find a place that doesn't allow all that urban light pollution to muddle your favorite night sky view. \u2014 Manasee Wagh, Popular Mechanics , 4 May 2022",
"As privacy concerns muddle behavioral data collected from tech giants like Apple and Facebook, event professionals can generate more specific and valuable data on the audiences that matter most: their own. \u2014 Cathy Song Novelli, Forbes , 27 May 2022",
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"The result is a muddle that should have been limited to an invitation-only workshop. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 16 May 2022",
"In 2017, Le Pen got herself into a muddle over a half-baked proposal to dump the euro. \u2014 Arthur Goldhammer, The New Republic , 7 Apr. 2022",
"The exhibition is a muddle , and a skimpy one at that. \u2014 Brian T. Allen, National Review , 24 Mar. 2022",
"Trump\u2019s authoritarianism and the result was a muddle in which a president who clearly disdained the rule of law was consistently being presented as the victim of unhinged attacks from the left. \u2014 Alex Shephard, The New Republic , 17 Mar. 2022",
"Adding to the muddle is that since season four, new episodes of Yellowstone have premiered on the Paramount Network cable channel \u2014 which is separate from Paramount+. \u2014 James Hibberd, The Hollywood Reporter , 15 Feb. 2022",
"Our memory assigns some crisp outlines and flashing colors; others are ambiguously toned, shot through by muddle and confusion. \u2014 Frank Guan, The New Yorker , 31 Jan. 2022",
"Goode Company\u2019s covered patio and backyard offers heaters, comfy seating and after-work drinks such as the Fool\u2019s Gold\u2014a winter muddle of Bourbon, lemon, chile and honey. \u2014 Robin Soslow, Chron , 5 Jan. 2022",
"The Lab\u00e8ques launched stormy runs, but the concerto often overwhelms itself, burying its details in a muddy muddle . \u2014 Washington Post , 12 Nov. 2021"
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"My how expectations and preconceived notions can muddle our brains. \u2014 Erik Kain, Forbes , 9 June 2022",
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"Instructions Gently muddle the basil leaves at the bottom of a glass. \u2014 Heather Adams, Outside Online , 9 June 2022",
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"As privacy concerns muddle behavioral data collected from tech giants like Apple and Facebook, event professionals can generate more specific and valuable data on the audiences that matter most: their own. \u2014 Cathy Song Novelli, Forbes , 27 May 2022",
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"In 2017, Le Pen got herself into a muddle over a half-baked proposal to dump the euro. \u2014 Arthur Goldhammer, The New Republic , 7 Apr. 2022",
"The exhibition is a muddle , and a skimpy one at that. \u2014 Brian T. Allen, National Review , 24 Mar. 2022",
"Trump\u2019s authoritarianism and the result was a muddle in which a president who clearly disdained the rule of law was consistently being presented as the victim of unhinged attacks from the left. \u2014 Alex Shephard, The New Republic , 17 Mar. 2022",
"Adding to the muddle is that since season four, new episodes of Yellowstone have premiered on the Paramount Network cable channel \u2014 which is separate from Paramount+. \u2014 James Hibberd, The Hollywood Reporter , 15 Feb. 2022",
"Our memory assigns some crisp outlines and flashing colors; others are ambiguously toned, shot through by muddle and confusion. \u2014 Frank Guan, The New Yorker , 31 Jan. 2022",
"Goode Company\u2019s covered patio and backyard offers heaters, comfy seating and after-work drinks such as the Fool\u2019s Gold\u2014a winter muddle of Bourbon, lemon, chile and honey. \u2014 Robin Soslow, Chron , 5 Jan. 2022",
"The Lab\u00e8ques launched stormy runs, but the concerto often overwhelms itself, burying its details in a muddy muddle . \u2014 Washington Post , 12 Nov. 2021"
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"Gail Collins, writing with her usual almost-pristine ignorance in the New York Times, offers a very fine example of how muddleheaded progressives are on this issue. \u2014 Kevin D. Williamson, National Review , 10 Feb. 2022"
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"Residents of Red Lodge cleared out muddy and flood-soaked toys and clothing. \u2014 Fox News , 17 June 2022",
"Much of the season is cold, muddy , and often the only fans on hand are friends and family. \u2014 Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com , 11 June 2022",
"Off-road enthusiasts are often a friendly crowd, happy to help spot each other through treacherous sections of muddy or rocky trails. \u2014 Eric Stafford, Car and Driver , 21 May 2022",
"Trail shoes in general already give you better grip on uneven ground, which is super helpful in rainy, muddy conditions. \u2014 Shauna Harrison, SELF , 26 Apr. 2022",
"Weather will likely play a factor, and muddy conditions during Spring could limit vehicle mobility for both sides. \u2014 Matt Seyler, ABC News , 22 Apr. 2022",
"The current surface is grass, but concerns previously were raised about muddy conditions. \u2014 Beth Mlady, cleveland , 15 Apr. 2022",
"The next morning, with a full moon still hanging in the sky, workers in Carhartts and muddy work boots trudge into The Corner Post gas station to fuel up for another day in the oil patch. \u2014 Christa Case Bryant, The Christian Science Monitor , 15 Apr. 2022",
"Since the waters were cold and muddy , nobody on the team caught more than two fish. \u2014 J.l. Kirven, The Courier-Journal , 4 Apr. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"But a fixation on weight or leanness can muddy the ultimate goal of healing quickly and completely. \u2014 Outside Online , 17 Feb. 2021",
"And recent history can often muddy the entire picture. \u2014 Rob Reischel, Forbes , 26 May 2022",
"From toddlers who are spilling constantly to muddy , pet paws, the durable material can handle almost anything. \u2014 Arricca Elin Sansone, House Beautiful , 5 May 2022",
"But the volunteers worried that too much financial support would muddy the scope of their commitment to the women. \u2014 Eliza Griswold, The New Yorker , 25 Apr. 2022",
"The spring fishing for spawning steelhead trout in the Rocky River is winding down, as post-spawn fish begin heading back to Lake Erie, but will still be very good if weekend rains don\u2019t muddy the waters. \u2014 cleveland , 21 Apr. 2022",
"The internet quickly became a battlefield in its own right, with propaganda and disinformation threatening to muddy the water for Americans following the crisis from afar. \u2014 Brian Contreras, Los Angeles Times , 25 Feb. 2022",
"The data is not adjusted for a range of factors that can muddy direct comparisons, like differences in underlying medical conditions or the length of time since vaccination. \u2014 Alexander Tin, CBS News , 25 Mar. 2022",
"Trump's legal strategy has often been to sue everyone and everything as a way to muddy the waters around any one case and to slow down proceedings. \u2014 Chris Cillizza, CNN , 7 Apr. 2022"
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"Dams on the river have also flooded out at least two of the streams where the mudpuppy was once found. \u2014 Dennis Pillion | Dpillion@al.com, al , 25 Oct. 2019",
"The waterdog, also called the Alabama mudpuppy , is found only in a handful of tributaries to the Black Warrior River in Alabama, in the heart of the state\u2019s coal country. \u2014 Dennis Pillion | Dpillion@al.com, al , 25 Oct. 2019",
"Some people have confused it with a mudpuppy , but those amphibians have four legs, not two. \u2014 Justin L. Mack, Indianapolis Star , 18 June 2018",
"The mudpuppy is Michigan\u2019s largest salamander, reaching lengths up to 15 inches. \u2014 Michigan Wildlife Council, Detroit Free Press , 10 July 2018",
"Some people have confused it with a mudpuppy , but those amphibians have four legs, not two. \u2014 Justin L. Mack, Indianapolis Star , 18 June 2018"
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"The site was just basically a mudhole at that point, said Roberto Vega, stormwater quality design project manager for Harris County Flood Control District\u2019s environmental quality section division. \u2014 Melanie Feuk, Houston Chronicle , 6 Sep. 2019",
"The roughly six-square-mile mudhole turned out to be a glaciological gold mine. \u2014 Nathaniel Wilder, Smithsonian , 18 Apr. 2018",
"Healthcare for poor children, which is being held up by one political party, the deranged one in which Jones stomped a mudhole over the past few months. \u2014 Charles P. Pierce, Esquire , 13 Dec. 2017",
"Arkansas has to keep Texas A&M from running a mudhole through the heart of the Razorbacks defense. \u2014 Eric Bolin, ajc , 21 Sep. 2017",
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"What must be almost the last charge of this decimated brigade of mudslingers approaches again, carrying with them like a Kathy Griffin icon the utter imbecility of the Steele accusations. \u2014 Conrad Black, National Review , 11 Oct. 2017",
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"This mudra is known to improve concentration and creativity. \u2014 Stephanie Mansour, CNN , 2 Sep. 2020",
"On each platform sits a Buddha in the classic Bhumisparsha mudra position. \u2014 Joshua Hammer, Smithsonian , 21 Nov. 2019",
"Its open palm faces outward in the abhaya (have no fear) mudra , a Buddhist hand gesture to evoke reassurance. \u2014 Alexandra Marvar, Washington Post , 15 Nov. 2019",
"Namaste is a greeting that includes a gesture, called anjali mudra or pranamasana, which has roots that stem from Hinduism. \u2014 Adria Hyde, chicagotribune.com , 23 Sep. 2019",
"Layavinyasa School of Dance and Music, led by Sarada Nori Akella, will demonstrate Kuchipudi dance, including the hand gestures, or mudras , rhythmic patterns, and facial expressions used in this dance form. \u2014 courant.com , 21 Aug. 2019"
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"The Quitobaquito Springs also has been the only U.S. habitat for two endangered species, the Sonoyta pupfish and Sonoran mud turtle . \u2014 National Geographic , 22 July 2020",
"The wall could cut off migration corridors and otherwise harm jaguars, mountain lions, Sonoyta mud turtles , San Bernardino springsnails and many other species. \u2014 Mark Olalde, USA TODAY , 5 Dec. 2017",
"The Sonoyta mud turtle , also endangered, lives only in the spring and nearby Rio Sonoyta in Sonora, Mexico. \u2014 Erin Stone, azcentral , 21 Dec. 2019",
"That could endanger not just the spring\u2019s existence but species in its waters such as the Quitobaquito pupfish and Sonoyta mud turtle , according to the National Park Service. \u2014 Simon Romero, New York Times , 26 Feb. 2020"
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"Irish was drawn to a mudflat littered with glass bottles, which clinked and crunched underfoot. \u2014 Laura Preston, The New Yorker , 28 Mar. 2022",
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"An in-depth footprint analysis has now produced an intriguing theory to explain what the walkers were doing on the day when impressions of their toes and soles were preserved on a mudflat . \u2014 Brian Handwerk, Smithsonian Magazine , 20 May 2020",
"Standing atop a 16-foot-high seawall on South Korea\u2019s western coast, Chris Purnell and his colleagues slide mesh bags stuffed with empty oyster shells down onto the sandy mudflats of the Geum Estuary. \u2014 Priyanka Runwal, Scientific American , 4 Mar. 2020",
"Around 50 dinosaur footprints that date to the Middle Jurassic Period were found on ancient coastal mudflats . \u2014 Fox News , 13 Mar. 2020",
"At the foot of Johnson Street, a large hunk of metal was half awash \u2014 apparently the fuel tank or some remnant of the old lumber schooner Lassen, which was retired and run up on the mudflat more than 80 years ago. \u2014 Carl Nolte, SFChronicle.com , 22 Feb. 2020",
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"This scooter has a dedicated press button for easy folding, a mudguard to protect from any flying dirt, and rubber handles for a secure grip. \u2014 Popular Science , 3 Sep. 2020",
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"Combine that with what look to be upgraded materials like suede around the mudguard and a stylish lookbook, and these kicks start to look downright fashion. \u2014 Jake Woolf, GQ , 6 Feb. 2018",
"The 11 has that broad patent leather mudguard , the 13 has unique quilting, the 5's eyestays reach off the shoe. \u2014 Pete Forester, Esquire , 29 Aug. 2017",
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"Located between layers of purplish-red mudstone and grayish-yellow sandstone were several armor plates and the shoulder, thigh, feet, back and rib bones of a stegosaur. \u2014 Ashley Strickland, CNN , 3 Mar. 2022",
"Formed of mudstone dating to the Middle Triassic epoch, the rock could not have originated in the Krapina rockshelter, which is composed of sandstone. \u2014 David W. Frayer, Scientific American , 1 Feb. 2022",
"Of all of the layers, researchers are most interested in the bottomset, made of sandstone and mudstone \u2014and for good reason: as on Earth, any biology that emerged in the Jezero waters would most likely have settled into the mud and sand at the base. \u2014 Jeffrey Kluger, Time , 7 Oct. 2021",
"The new angiosperm was named Gansufructus saligna, and all the fossil specimens were collected from the grayish green mudstone of the upper Zhonggou Formation, dating back to 112 million years ago. \u2014 David Bressan, Forbes , 24 May 2021",
"Previous attempts to solve the puzzle did not take into account the fact that the crust can suck up water and lock it into hydrated minerals like clay and mudstone , Robin George Andrews reports for National Geographic. \u2014 Theresa Machemer, Smithsonian Magazine , 19 Mar. 2021",
"The rover will range widely, performing science experiments and occasionally drilling small cores of mudstones and other rocks that could hold signs of ancient life. \u2014 Daniel Clery, Science | AAAS , 21 Nov. 2019",
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"As island life dictates, the family enters through the mudroom around back. \u2014 Marni Elyse Katz, BostonGlobe.com , 16 June 2022",
"Fotis left behind two pieces of evidence critical to the investigation, says the sergeant: his DNA on the doorknob of the mudroom and a mixture of his and Jennifer's DNA on a faucet inside Jennifer's house. \u2014 Erin Moriarty, CBS News , 21 May 2022",
"The kitchen has direct access to the three-car garage, a large laundry room with a sink, two pantry closets, one of two half baths on the first floor, and a mudroom entry. \u2014 James Alexander, Hartford Courant , 19 June 2022",
"At the right, the mudroom leads to the yard, as well as a new pantry and laundry room. \u2014 Marni Elyse Katz, House Beautiful , 5 May 2022",
"While waxed oak flooring, darkened with provincial stain, is used through most of the first floor, the mudroom has a tile floor. \u2014 James Alexander, courant.com , 4 Apr. 2022",
"From the garage, enter into a slate floor mudroom which could be repurposed as a sunroom, sitting room or a hearth room off the kitchen. \u2014 Karen A. Avitabile, Hartford Courant , 29 May 2022",
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