muck

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If sweeping appeals to our collective empathy have failed to resonate—if the public is not moved by Randy Fine’s intersectional shortcomings—maybe we are better off getting down in the muck.

From Slate • Feb. 12, 2026

Even “when I’m in the mud and I have filled up my muck boots with mud and water, at no point have I ever thought, ‘Man I miss the office,’” he says.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 7, 2026

“Like slime, sludge, and muck, slop has the wet sound of something you don’t want to touch,” the editors continued.

From Salon • Jan. 13, 2026

One dairy farmer who turns his cattle waste into biomethane, describes cow muck as "nature's crude oil".

From BBC • Dec. 17, 2025

When the birds were ready to roast, Mama packed them close together along with wild onion bulbs and then pressed rich, streambed muck carefully around them.

From "The Birchbark House" by Louise Erdrich