mud

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According to Port Vale's official website,, external Spurs boss Terry Venables took one look at the pitch and told star midfielder Ossie Ardiles that he would "get lost in the mud".

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026

Residents described water rising to waist level in just hours — overwhelming properties that had never flooded before and leaving behind a thick layer of mud and debris.

From Salon • Mar. 22, 2026

From these narrow scraps grew “The Star of Redemption,” an audacious 1921 book conceived under fire that asks what remains of love—both human and divine—after war has marched a continent into the mud.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 6, 2026

We were on a mud road, and I saw children, aged about 7 to 14, well dressed and walking to school.

From Barron's • Mar. 5, 2026

Where it sank so deep that the mud rose above the mark, he tried again and again until a safe stepping place was found.

From "Rowan of Rin" by Emily Rodda