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murk

[murk] / mɜrk /
NOUN
darkness
Synonyms


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So by late morning most of the murk should have lifted, allowing for something brighter.

From BBC • Mar. 20, 2026

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

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 30, 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

There are pinholes in the murk, apertures such as the Instagram feeds of Gaza photographers and a small number of testimonies that slip through.

From New York Times • Jan. 30, 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