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murk

[murk] / mɜrk /
NOUN
darkness
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“Create In Your Name” has a Billie Eilish-worthy late-night murk, with lyrics so devotional they almost sound consumptive.

From Los Angeles Times • May 8, 2026

Through the murk, China’s interest in the war is important and complicated.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 30, 2025

In the dark waters off the west coast of Scotland, a slender submarine glider, like a torpedo with wings, slips under the surface and quickly disappears off into the murk.

From BBC • Dec. 7, 2025

Maybe it’s better to refrain from pondering the road ahead, which looks dark enough with or without Stewart and other late-night hosts shepherding us through the murk.

From Salon • Feb. 4, 2024

Instantly the Gallivespians urged their dragonflies up into the murk overhead, where the harpies were as thick as blowflies.

From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman




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